CHAPTER SIX: Arittake no Ai de Kimi no Subete wo, Kimi wo Mamoritai
TRANSLATION: With All of My Love, You are Everything, I Want to Protect You, from Gackt's Arittake no Ai de, from the album Love Letter.
WRITTEN TO: Everything from Love Letter, the soundtrack to Footloose, and Arashi.
REVIEWS:
MarshmellowDragon: You'll find out this chapter if it's a Grim or a Werewolf, okay? Thank you for your review. And yes, Draco is being infected by Gohan's attitude. The good part of it, anyway. By the way, do you think that my characterization is fairly accurate? I try to make Gohan's personality in particular pretty balanced, because it's easy to make him perfect, and trust me, he ain't! He can be difficult to work with at times. See, in many stories, he's either, "Oh, woe is me, see me angst and completely fail to save my own ass!" or, "Oh look at me! I have super-awesome-failsafe powers that I can work no problem! I don't need to study or practice, everything is just ducky always!"
Oh hell no.
My Gohan is powerful, yes, but he has a difficult personality that more often than not gets him into big trouble. Confident and sensitive, he's also stubborn, fairly aggressive, and even cold at times and has a tendency not to think about what he says and gets mad easily, which gets him into big fights with the people he cares for.
New Dye: Thank you for your condolences, both of them. (hugs) Yes, I love Draco/Harry spats, they're fun to write. (grin)
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS:
1) No. Not exactly.
2) I'm not telling, wait and see!
3) Um…. Yes. (secret smile)
4) Maybe, I haven't decided yet. If he gets into enough of a problem, (surprise, he attracts it!), then yes.
5) Once again, maybe. More than likely, because Gohan doesn't approve of brooms. He doesn't find them safe. Yeah, like he can talk.
And don't hesitate to ask anymore questions, I like answering them, okay? That is, if they aren't a secret.
TheShadowPanther: Thank you for making me feel better. Believe it or not, your review actually made me cry, along with New Dye's. I love Padfoot too! (swipes dog off the street and pets)
Dog: (licks)
Yep, Gohan likes to pick up strays. About the nickname, he gets it this chapter. It's not the one you picked, but yours was good too! And yes, I know about short term memory. My friend Sam has one. And I know I was being a hypocrite.
Have fun in San Jose!
Yes, I will be putting Gohan-chan through hell. What can I say, it's what I do! I only do it because I love him so much, and because I RAAV him, I'll never make him have a bad ending.
GET. A. LIVEJOURNAL.
NOW.
Golden Warrior 12: Thank you for your condolences, they were buried the morning that they died, June 14.
(giggles) Your story made me laugh and feel better, thank you! (hug) It was fun.
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The great Hall burst into laughter several weeks later in mid-January as the entire Hufflepuff table stood and began doing a can-can on the table and shouting the Meow Mix tune in time to the rhythm. The whole of the rest of the school began howling with laughter at the scene. The Gryffindors, because they believed that it had been someone in their house to have performed the prank, the Slytherins, because it wasn't them and that they believed it was someone from their house, and the Ravenclaws merely because they found it amusing. Even the singers were laughing as they performed, waving their hands like paws and tilting their heads like they had kitty ears. From the High Table, Dumbledore's eyes were twinkling madly in mirth while keeping his eyes on the three he had a feeling were behind this.
Draco, Gohan, and Harry (who was sitting at the Slytherin for a complete and total lack of purpose,) were almost crying with laughter and grasping onto each other so not to fall over by accident. Severus' face was tinged a light pink as he reversed the spell, only to have a slip of parchment flutter into his hands. With a sneer, the potions Master looked at it, then began to read aloud.
"Our consolations and salutations, from Messers Leon, Rettile, and Eternità.
We hope that you enjoyed our gracious prank, and that no one will be sore of being the target. Mark our words, this one won't be the last.
This message will self-destruct in three seconds.
Ta ta!"
True to its word, three seconds later the parchment exploded in a shower of pink fluttering dragons that cooed and took refuge in Severus' hair, staining it a pretty, rose pink. Sev flushed brighter than his hair as he stalked out, trying futilely to shoo the dragons out of it. The hall was once again in an uproar.
Well done. Harry congratulated with a grin, shooting a glance to the howling, should-be Slytherin at heart. Gohan beamed.
Ditto to you too, Leon.. Where DID you come up with the idea for that can-can?
Same place you came up with the dragons, Flame. Harry quipped, just as Dumbledore stood, with a clap of his hands.
"Now now, settle down. As professor Snape will apparently be washing the pink out of his hair, I believe it is safe to assume that Potions classes are canceled for the day. So, have fun in your free time." Everyone but the Slytherins, but especially the Gryffindors, cheered loudly like jocks, before the Gryffs stampeded out of the hall, even before the mail arrived. As the flurry of owls arrived, Hedwig swooped down to nuzzle Harry's cheek and to eat some of his toast, before holding out her leg with a letter.
"Thanks girl." Harry praised, taking the parchment and unfolding it to read it aloud. "Harry, when you have the chance I would like you to come down to my hut for a cuppa'. If y' don't have anything else t' do, that is. I have somethin' to show ya before the next lesson. Thanks. Hagrid." Harry tilted his head as Gohan nodded, then met Hagrid's eyes from across the table and nodded as well. It was then that a beautiful silver bird soared in to rest gracefully to Gohan's right and gently nibbled on the saiyan's arm. Gohan beamed and rubbed the bird's head, ignoring the stares he was getting.
"Hey there Sly, how'd you get here? Aren't you supposed to be, I don't know, in another dimension?" He asked the Skarmory, who trilled and thrust a light blue piece of paper at him, with the formal, wax seal of the Kais on the back. Eyebrows up to his hairline, the ebony eyes ran over the caligraphied kanji scrawled on the sheet of paper.
Hey Gohan-chan, how ya doing? Yes, I know where you are, don't scowl at me. (Gohan WAS scowling at her.) Hope you're not upset, but it looked like you were having so much fun over there, so I decided to leave you alone for awhile. As it turns out, that portal you got sucked through only appears once in one millennium. I can come get you if you want me to, but I didn't know if you would want me to or not. Yeah, I've been checking on you every so often. This place is soooo boring. (bitches to self) Anyway, send Sly back with your answer, and feel free to tell me when you want to come back. And you can send letters to Lance-san, Sasu-kun, and Shigeru-san through me, it's the least I can do.
Bye now, Yumi.
P.S. I've enclosed a little tool of Sasshi's that he created. It's called a 'thought quill.' Just think what you want to write and it will come out on paper in seconds, call it a very late Christmas present. I know how bad you are when you want to write long letters and don't quite have the time, don't let this go to waste, I know you won't! Have fun, and if you fail your exams I'll pound you! Do your best, like I know you always do.
By the way, you'll need some practice with this, because if you're thinking in a hurry and in fragments, your letter will come out on fragments too, got me?
Gohan rolled his eyes at the last bit, but looked the lovely eagle feather quill over between his fingertips before setting it in his bag after scribbling a note manually on a sheet of paper. Upon reading it over he wrapped it up and handed it to Sly, who nipped his ear and flapped off. Gohan waved goodbye with a grin.
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Remus was half freaked and half amused at that particular moment in time. Freaked, and worried. There hadn't been a prank like their's since he was in school, even those Weasley twins had their own style of doing things; this was all too familiar for his liking. Remus' heart twisted painfully in his chest as he remembered his years back at school with Prongs, Wormtail, and Pad- No! Padfoot betrayed them, he was no Marauder! The were shook his head. No, he couldn't think about times long passed, he was only going to make himself depressed if he kept up that kind of thinking.
For several seconds, Lupin's gaze rested on the three boys who were sitting next to each other, laughing and making jokes. Remus just couldn't understand that Gohan kid. Somehow, he had seemed to sense that Remus was hiding something and keyed in on it, scraping at it with Slytherin subtlety disguised as innocent curiosity and succeeding in making the teacher extremely uncomfortable.
Suddenly, Gohan looked up and ebony locked with deep brown mixed with bright gold in a silent stare down. Remus looked away. Why on this earth couldn't he keep this child's gaze? It made no sense!
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Something's up with that guy. Gohan thought, keeping his eyes on Lupin. I don't know what it is, or why he makes me uneasy, but I know I don't like it. It's like how Vegeta used to affect me back when I was a little kid; like how he would look down on me and make the fur on my tail bristle. I miss my tail; wonder if it'll ever grow back? Aw well. It's like he's trying to shove me down, without even realizing it. How naive. He obviously has no idea of what he's doing to me, hmph.
It's odd. Kira Absolutely hates him, but Aoi wants to give him a chance. They've never been divided on anything that ever really mattered before, I just don't know what to make of this. Harry seems to like him well enough, but Draco can't stand him, but I really don't know. It's like two sides of a coin, and I don't know how I really feel! I think all I can do is keep on my guard and stay focused.
That's all.
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"Hagrid, what is it that you wanted me to see?" Harry asked mildly later that morning, tilting his head. The huge man laughed thunderously and gestured to the field where Gazer and his herd were normally, but were now hidden on the other side, invisible to the eye.
"Well, yer friend's essay was fascinatin', and I was already planning' this, but I figured, what the hey, I should do the lesson anyway, early or not."
"But what is it?" Harry asked, feigning lack of knowledge. He knew very well what Gohan had written about and now he knew what Hagrid was going to show him, but kept quiet. The teacher was obviously quite eager to see his surprised reaction, and there was no way he was going to disappoint him!
"Feast yer eyes!" Hagrid declared, throwing out his arms excitedly.
A small smile crept across Harry's features as Gazer raised his head and began trotting up the hill obligingly, nickering a light greeting to Harry. The unicorn wouldn't let anyone but Gohan touch him, the hybrid had told both him and Draco when he could understand enough, but Gazer was familiar with both of the other two and liked them both, as far as unicorns liking people went.
"How cool!" the boy breathed, "Flame's going to flip his pre-pubescent lid!" His green eyes glittered and met with Gazer's warm brown; the unicorn dipped his head in acknowledgment. "Awesome!"
"Isn't he?" Hagrid asked, "I couldn't believe it when they actually stayed for more than a day, yeh know they could get out if they tried." Harry nodded and vaulted up onto the fence, smiling when Hagrid gaped at the unicorn's nearness to the Boy-Who-Refused-To-Fucking-Die.
"Hey, what are you calling him?" the Gryffindor asked curiously, raising a brow, whilst Gazer snorted suddenly; Harry wondered if he was embarrassed.
"I've been callin' 'im Snowy, because of 'is coat, yeh see."
Gazer snorted again, and this time Harry was sure that it was from embarrassment.
"Um, Hagrid, I really don't think he likes it much," Harry raised his hands and waved them back and froth when the man's face fell, "I mean, it's not bad, but it doesn't really suit someone of his beauty."
"Well, I tried to think of one, but they all sounded stupid. Any suggestions?"
"Um, how about… how about Gazer?"
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Later that afternoon, the three of them walked down to Hagrid's hut for their Care of Magical Creatures lesson, Harry smiling in amusement, Draco rolling his eyes, and Gohan positively bouncing on his feet.
"Oh, you are a disgrace to Slytherin," the blonde moaned, "Kill me now."
"Really?" Gohan drawled, "Rule number two."
"Shut up." the aristocrat growled mildly, but couldn't help the smile that grew on his face as Gohan raced over to the fence, vaulting onto the top of it, and scowling childishly as he was ordered off by Hagrid, who looked every bit as excited as the hybrid. Gohan then began chirping in excitement to anyone willing to listen about how cool this lesson would be, but would refuse to relinquish any information at all about it.
"Now," Hagrid called the class to order, "Before we begin, I want all the girls in the class to come closer to the front, our lesson for today is a bit edgy about boys."
Now this started up even more whispers, and while most guys began to grumble, Gohan didn't appear to listen at all and stayed where he was, right at the fence, Draco and Harry at his sides. Hagrid apparently didn't notice this, but no matter, he was concentrating on pulling out a whistle and blowing it sharply.
There was no answer.
The giant began to shift uncomfortably as murmurs began to run through the crowd, none of them pleasant. Gohan sighed a bit before perching himself up on the fence again, pressing two fingers into his mouth and letting out a piercing whistle, closing his eyes and standing as he did so.
Suddenly, a thundering was heard and in seconds, Gazer was standing with his elegant head just barely seen above the hill.
The hybrid whistled again in encouragement.
Gohan knew that as much as Gazer trusted him, and vice versa, the unicorn would no doubt be more than a bit nervous and skittish for this, and while the boy had reassured him the night before, as was usual before he headed off for his routine walk over the grounds, nothing was certain.
It is alright, my friend. Please, come closer.
I don't like this, my little foal. I don't like this.
Please? It'll be okay, I won't let anyone near who you don't want near, and no one but me will come close if you don't want them to, okay? Please come closer, Hagrid has been waiting and waiting for this, he'll be heartbroken. Gohan pleaded sincerely, watching intently as Gazer considered it. The class was too busy muttering in awe of how Gohan had managed to get Gazer's attention amongst themselves, and didn't notice the silent conversation going on at that very moment before their eyes. Please? I'll be right by you, I promise.
Gazer remained silent for several seconds, before replying.
Alright, little foal. But do not let them too close.
No problem. Gohan responded, mental tone much more upbeat as the unicorn took several steps closer, stopped, then stepped forward again. The hybrid, without realizing that he was doing it and that the entire class was staring at him, had begun crooning soothingly in soft, encouraging tones. "Easy does it, come on, there you go, sweetheart. Just a few steps closer, darling, that's good, just a bit more. Easy baby, there we go, you're going to be just fine."
(Just so you know, that's how I talk to my horses when I want them to do something. They really respond better to voice than force, so I'm going by experience)
"Easy there, love, you're good." the boy cooed, oblivious to anything but the tiny, baby steps that Gazer was taking, until the unicorn wasn't a step away from him. Gazer was shivering in nerves, a way that few would ever again see the proud creature, and true to his nature, Gohan climbed through the fence and wrapped his arms around Gazer's neck, petting his mane and running gentle hands over him.
"How'd yeh-?" Hagrid asked numbly, and without looking up, the hybrid answered.
'Well, no offense, but your observation skills suck bad. I've been coming down here for around a month and a half now to talk to this guy. He knows me pretty well, and trusts me, so can you please not be mad at me and let me calm him down?" Without hesitation, the teacher nodded. "Thank you."
"No problem."
Intently, Gohan pressed his forehead to Gazer's, sending both physical and mental warmth with the touch, Gazer promptly lowered his head, resting it against Gohan's chest, minding his horn and easily sticking it under the boy's arm so not to harm him. Gentle, knowing hands smoothed down his forelock and Gohan continued to croon softly.
"That's good, easy." he sighed, then turned back to the teacher, "Would you mind terribly if I stayed in here with him? He's still really scared, and I'll be quiet so you can talk."
"Sure." Hagrid said, apparently relieved enough not to care what Gohan did, as long as Gazer didn't leave. "So, unicorns. As yeh can see, they're skittish creatures, and not likely to ever approach a human of their own free will. They're very shy, and…."
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"Oh, that was so much fun!" Harry exclaimed cheerfully later that night during dinner. Picking at his food with his chopsticks, Gohan looked up.
"How exactly was it fun? Poor Gazer was scared out of his mind." the saiyan had been wearing an irritated scowl for the last few hours, and had quite frankly been highly unpleasant to be around.
"Look, do you mind not raining down on the rest of us?" Harry inquired snippily, "I know you're kind of pissed off about it, but if it wouldn't be too difficult, please refrain from ruining the only good thing to happen to me today." Surprisingly, Gohan didn't respond, and Draco rested a hand on both of their shoulders.
"Hey, hey, cool it down you two." he ordered, and with a tense, jerky motion Gohan slammed down his eating utensils and stood angrily.
"I can't handle this right now. I need to take a walk, get some exercise, and quite possibly beat the living shit out of someone in a spar, and I would prefer it myself if you would stop ruining my appetite. I don't have much of one, you know." That said, he got to his feet and stalked out of the hall, carrying his plate that was still full of food. Draco sighed.
"Good grief." the blonde muttered.
"Argh!" Harry let out a sigh and promptly stuck his face in his hands. "He's one of my best friends, but really! Sometimes I just can't stand him, he pisses me off!"
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"Stupid, stupid, stupid." Gohan told himself, sitting himself down on a rock somewhere in the middle of the forest. After walking for awhile and letting himself calm down, he was currently feeling properly ashamed of himself. Still holding the plate of food, he placed it down on the ground. "Why do I still do this?" he asked himself, and wasn't answered.
Ever since the 'incident', he had been coming to the forest every night sometime to look for the animal he had tried to spare, without seeing hide nor hair of it. It was rather depressing, but upon asking around and getting a negative on the carcass of a giant canine lying about he continued to bring food. However, every time he returned, the plate was just as he had left it, and only the forest creatures had made a mark on it. Once he had caught a thestral munching on it, another time a pack of crups tearing into it, but upon examination, there were never any teeth marks or paw prints the size of that giant animal that he was looking for, and quite frankly, it brought him down a bit.
"I'm so stupid." he said angrily. "I know I shouldn't get so mad at him, but sometimes he just pisses me off. Maybe I should just go back and apolo….gize.." he trailed off as the bushes rustled and step by step, paw by paw, and animal crept out, head low, posture defensive, and teeth bared. Gohan was positively delighted.
The canine growled menacingly, and Gohan obligingly stepped back.
"Hey, please don't growl at me like that. I told you that if you would show up I would give you a chance, so here I am." he said mildly, giving the animal it's space just as it tore into the food ravenously. "At least you're alive, sou desu ne?"
Brown eyes stared into his and the creature didn't look away. Slowly, after about five minutes, the filthy tail began to wave back and forth, so slowly.
"Are you still scared of me?"
The tail began to move faster. Gohan smiled.
"I heard as a child that animals like to be sang to, at least the ones around my home and my pokemon do, I was wondering if you did too." Not a sound in response. "Well, I suppose that it couldn't hurt, right?"
A soft woof.
"Okay then. Now, what should I do? Maybe something in English, so you could understand it? I don't know much, mostly musicals and stuff, nothing really popular… Well, maybe this one. It's from a movie called Footloose.
Looking into your eyes I know I'm right
If there's anything worth my love it's worth a fight
We only get one chance
But nothing ties our hands
You're what I want
Listen to me
Nothing I want
Is out of my reach
HEAVEN HELPS THE MAN who fights his fear
Love's the only thing that keeps me here
You're the reason that I'm hanging on
My heart's staying where my heart belongs
Running away will never make you free
And nothing we sign is any kind of guarantee
But I wanna hold you now
And I won't hold you down
I'm shaking the past
Making my breaks
Taking control
If that's what it takes!" Gohan was surprised to see when he looked up that the dog had finished the food and was now watching him in curiosity. "Did you like that?"
Another woof.
"Well, I'm glad of that." he mused mildly, watching as the dog came and sat down next to him on the soft grass of the clearing. "You know, I'm still trying to fit in around this place. I'm not from around here, or anywhere close, so I'm still trying to get used to it. New classes, new places, a new language, and an entirely new type of people to handle. I didn't think that I'd like it at all, but once I met Leon and Rettile, I thought that maybe I could learn to like it. They're so patient with me, and I end up feeling terrible every time I get into a spat with either of them. You think I'm wrong?"
A soft whimper of a question.
"Oh, you want to know about them? Well, Leon's real name is actually Harry Potter, he's a Gryffindor, and he drives me up the wall. He's a really good guy, nice and fairly normal, open-minded, and understanding. Normally we get along really well, but sometimes we get in each other's way and start snipping at each other. I know that it's not all his fault and that it's not all mine, but it's just drives me nuts, you know? And then Rettile, his name is Draco Malfoy, a Slytherin. He used to have this really bad superiority complex, but over the last few months he's really lightened up and calmed down, he and Leon only fight lightly now, not for real, unless it's really bad. He's good to talk to and he always takes me seriously, even when Leon won't."
"Woof?"
"How much of this do you actually understand?" Gohan inquired, and was rewarded with a large, booming woof. He grinned. "Well, I guess that it doesn't really matter. You won't tell anyone, will you?" The tail began to wave back and forth again. "Good, now I'm holding you to that, okay?" Slowly, giving the animal enough time to get away if it so wanted, Gohan reached out a hand and rested it on the dog' head. "It's getting late. If you meet me here tomorrow morning and evening, I'll bring you some more food."
With that, he stood and began to walk away, leaving the dog staring at him intently, not moving from where it sat in the clearing.
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"Rettile, where's Leon?" Gohan inquired when he got back to the Slytherin common room. From where he was sitting on his bed, Draco rolled his eyes.
"Well, since it's almost lights out, he's most likely in his own common room, where you should have been hours ago." he said shortly, and Gohan groaned.
"I'm sorry, Rettile, I didn't mean to stay out so late."
"Well, you know how much I worry about you. Honestly, you'd think that you weren't even from this world, the way you act sometimes." The hybrid suddenly gulped.
"I told you, I'm sorry. I just needed some times to calm down, okay? Forgive me?" Draco didn't answer. Gohan sighed and began to turn and leave the room when his friend's voice stopped him.
"Hey, last I heard, the Gryffindor password was Evendell, courtesy of some idiotic seventh year. Don't let 'em intimidate you when you go in, okay?" the blonde didn't look at him, but didn't hesitate to accept and return the hug that Gohan offered him seconds later. "Yeah, yeah, we know you're mushy. Disgrace to Slytherin, I'm telling you. Now get going, before even Professor Snape would give you detention for being out of bounds."
"Thank you, Draco." Gohan told him seriously, and was dismissed with a wave.
"Yes, I know, I'm wonderful. Get over your awe." Then he smiled. "And you're welcome. What else would friends be for?"
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"Evendell." Gohan told the painting of the Fat Lady several minutes later. She stared suspiciously at him for a bit, but nevertheless smiled when he told her, "That name they gave you is positively atrocious. You don't look a pound over one-twenty, you know." She promptly blushed, giggled, and placed a hand over her face, before swinging open happily. All of the buzz and chatter that welcomed him instantly died down as every Gryffindor in the common room stopped short and stared at the short, slender Slytherin standing in the doorway.
"What do you want, Slytherin, and how the hell did you get this password?" A burly seventh year that Gohan recognized as the quiddich captain, Oliver Wood, asked gruffly, boring holes into him with bright brown eyes that made so many girls turn to mushy puddles.
(Like my friend Angela.)
Gohan merely blinked at him.
"You'd be surprised at how much others know, I would suggest being a bit more discreet with your passwords from now on. But that isn't the point. Where is Harry?"
"I don't believe that that is any of your business, Slytherin." Oliver hissed menacingly, and Gohan, despite himself, felt his hackles rise and his temper spark just a bit, before shoving his irritation down.
"I believe, on the contrary, that it is my business, and I suggest that you tell me what I want to know before you piss me off any more than I am already-"
"What are you doing here?" A familiar voice suddenly inquired form the stares, and Gohan turned to see a scowling Harry standing there in a pair of black p.j.s and black slippers.
"What do you think I'm doing here, admiring the view?" Gohan quipped, "I was looking for you, idiot."
"Why, exactly?" Harry asked, and Gohan looked hurt for just a second before masking it.
"If you don't know, then I guess it doesn't really matter much, I suppose." he said coolly, turning his back in composure, then walked a few tense steps, then bolted straight out the door, only stopping when he figured he was far enough away. Slowly, he leaned up against a wall and slid down it to sit himself down on the floor. He wished one of his pokemon were there with him, but didn't regret ordering them gently to remain in the common room.
Furiously, Gohan scrubbed at his eyes with his hand, scowling as he realized that he couldn't keep his tears down for once and eventually just let them fall, dripping onto the stone floor like crystals and making wet marks on his shirt.
"Hey, are you alright?" someone asked suddenly, and Gohan glanced up, not caring that he looked a right mess, hair coming out of his ponytail to hang in his face, tears streaking his face. He blinked however, when he saw a very concerned Severus Snape standing there, hands on his hips, "What's wrong?"
Gohan merely shook his head and rubbed his eyes again, not arguing when the teacher sighed and bent down, scooping him up.
"What I put up with, child. Honestly." he murmured quietly, beginning to walk toward the Slytherin dungeons. Gohan did nothing but sigh in resignation before allowing his eyes to flutter shut.
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"Professor?" Draco asked, startled, when the teacher shoved open the door to the dorms with his foot, carrying a fast asleep Gohan, and gently set him down on his bed, covering him up. "What happened?"
"Leave it for the moment, Draco." Severus replied, ruffling his student's hair, "Let him tell you on his own time."
"Uh, sure." Draco replied.
"Oh, and good job this morning, little Rettile."
Draco only stared, gobsmacked, as Severus left the room, smirking the entire way. Then, he sighed, smiled slightly, and picked up Hikaru, who was trying to join her big sisters in climbing up with their master, before setting her down gently on the bed. She cooed happily at him and nudged his hand, an obvious thank you. Draco's smile widened.
It was hard to believe that only a few months ago, he would have balked and shied away at even touching her, when now he welcomed her company with open arms.
Maybe it was a Japanese thing.
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THE NICKNAMES:
Leon: Lion, in Spanish.
Rettile: Reptile, in Italian.
Eternità: Eternity, in Italian.
Yeah, everyone has their spats, but luckily, Gohan doesn't get into too many with Harry much of the time.
TRANSLATION:
Sou desu ne: Isn't that right?