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FINALLY! THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS THE WINNER!
Chapter 13: Erasa's house and the contest
"What should we do now?" asked Videl as they pulled into Erasa's driveway.
"I know! We can plan a welcoming party for the winner of the contest!" exclaimed Erasa.
"Great……………" she said sarcastically, "Can't you think of ANYHING else to do? Like maybe play a game, or IM random friends and not say you have company (1), or plot against Dad, or something!"
"Lets play a game. So, what game should we play?"
"Anything…it doesn't matter to me," said Sharpener. Gohan agreed, as did Videl.
"O-o-o-o-o-o-ok, well, then lets play….Twister!"
"That sounds ok, but as long as no one cheats or sits on me," said Videl, mock-menacingly.
The four took out the game, set up the mat, and pressed the button. "Right foot red"
"Left foot green."
"Left hand red."
"Right hand yellow" at this point, Erasa fell over.
"Right hand blue."
"Left hand green."
"Right foot green."
"Left foot blue." At this point, Sharpener tripped over Videl, and he was out.
Now, it was between Videl and Gohan.
"Right hand yellow."
"Left foot yellow."
"Right foot green."
"Left hand blue."
"Left hand green."
"Right hand red."
"Left foot red."
"Right foot green." At this point, Videl, who was in front of Gohan, slipped, and her butt went right in his face as her head made contact with the floor. Erasa laughed outright, Sharpener bugged Gohan, and Videl was embarrassed. Gohan just sat there and tried to apologize to Videl, but she was certain that it was all hr fault.
"I think we should find something else to do," Erasa said, and the group headed to the computer where they talked to random people from school, pretending to be Erasa, then saying something she wouldn't say, then confuse the person by saying that they were Erasa. They did that to about 10 people before Videl had to be home.
She said good-bye to all her friends, and the ride back to her house was a quiet one. Hercule was waiting outside for Videl, and gave her an earful about her being a hal-hour late, and blah, blah, blah.
He made her train all that night, and every morning for the rest of the week, but she did get her jet copter back. But, even so, she didn't have enough time to drop be a fast-food restaurant to get something to eat, so she kept losing weight. Sure, she could eat at school, but the school wasn't known for good food.
By Wednesday, she had lost a total of twenty pounds, and she looked like a pile of bones. Her dad had taken to saying that she was almost beautiful, and she would have to only lose those last few pounds. She started having Erasa bring her sandwiches at school, so she wasn't starving yet.
Thursday came, and with it, the tension of almost knowing her partner. The school was to be the place, and in the gym, they had already started putting out chairs. Everyone was excited, that is, except for Videl. Her dad was making her wear a dress the next day—a dress that he picked out himself. It made her look even skinnier, and though it wasn't pink this time, it was lavender, and it looked like one of those Victorian Age dresses.
Erasa tried to come up with the right jewelry to make her look modern, but it was no use. She ended up wearing black chandelier earrings with lavender stones at the end.
Most of the reporters came out, asking about the contest, but Videl wasn't interested in any of it. All she wanted was to either get revenge on her dad, or get revenge on Trunks and Goten. She tried to piece together a plan to hit both birds with one stone, but was coming up short.
Gohan tried to help her by tutoring her during lunch, so she wouldn't get behind, for Hercule had started cutting out of her homework time to train. Sharpener even helped by just being there for her.
The day finally came. Videl had to ride in a limo to school, and she was given leave after the contest was over, so she could go with the reporters, and meet the new boy if indeed he lived anywhere nearby.
The gym was completely packed, and some people even had to sit right outside the door. They had upped security after what had happened before when they held a large meeting. Gohan, Erasa, and Sharpener managed to get front-row seats.
Out came Hercule in a white Italian suit. Following him came the two men wheeling the lottery-type thing ((what are they called? They are those big things that turn, and they randomly choose a ball.)), where the balls containing the names and registration numbers of the entries.
Hercule gave a long speech, saying how much he had been looking forward to the day when he would choose a sidekick for his little girl. After that, he introduced Videl.
She came out one of the back doors, wearing the lavender dress and black-lavender earrings. Just to spite her father, she put on some last minute gothic makeup (2). She was pale, and sickeningly thin. Her shoulder length black hair was pulled back into black chopsticks with lavender beads hanging off of the ends. She didn't smile at all, and rather, she looked indifferent to everything, as if nothing was real.
She took her seat next to her father, who began talking about himself. He started telling about his childhood, and how he always wanted to be strong, to when he won the WMAT, to when he fought Cell. Gohan would have had to hold back a laugh when he got to that point, but he didn't even really hear him, for he was too busy thinking about Videl's well-being.
Hercule continued to talk for about an hour before it occurred to him that they needed to get moving already. He said, "and without any other further to-do, I will now present to all you fine people watching from all over the world, the one who will train under me, and help my beautiful daughter with her job of saving people here in Satan City."
He ordered that the lottery-spinner thing be spun, and after a good minute of spinning, he pressed the button, and out of the slot came a ball. Hercule slowly opened the ball, relishing the utter silence that had taken over the room. Everyone's attention was on the little piece of paper in Hercule's hands.
Then, he finally said, "and the winner of the contest, who will be staying at my house for one month, with all expenses paid, is none other than one of the students right here…It is…Number 038472—Gohan Son. He scored a 75 on the entrance test. Come on up here Gohan!"
Gohan's POV:
When his number was called, he thought he was hearing things. But, when hie name was called, as well as his score, he knew it was him. 'I can't believe I won. At least Videl has someone she knows. Maybe I can even help her find a way to punish her dad.'
He walked up and received the honor, then he, Hercule, and Videl exited.
Outside:
Gohan, not used to large amounts of people trying to talk to his at once, had a hard time with the crowds of reporters. They all asked the same questions, and it was getting annoying. He would tell one reporter where he lived, then another would ask him the same question.
He was ambushed for about 3 hours, as were Hercule and Videl, though they weren't crowded as badly. The three got into Hercule's limo to go out and eat, then Gohan would be allowed to go home and tell his family the good news.
In the limo:
"I still can't believe you won!" exclaimed Videl, who was sitting next to Gohan. Hercule was facing backwards, for there was a large space between the seats, and the ones in the middle of the limo faced backwards.
"I still can't believe that I won, either," agreed Gohan.
"So, how do you two know each other?" asked Hercule.
"I'm a good friend of hers. Oh, and I've talked to you before. Remember when I called you and told you about the robot?"
"THAT WAS YOU!"
"Yeah. I still firmly believe that it was all a fluke. Had you not ordered that machine to be completely destroyed, I could have showed you where the additions were made, and how it was done. I'm telling you, it was Bulma's son and my little brother who were behind it, and it had nothing to do with Videl's weakness," said Gohan, keeping his collected diplomatic tone.
Hercule just ignored it, and they traveled to the restaurant in silence.
At the restaurant, Hercule asked him about previous fighting records, causing Gohan to lose the indifferent façade for a second before he answered, "Oh, I had a sensei back when I was a little kid, and he and my dad taught me almost all I know. I've also had a few minor fights."
That vague answer was enough to satisfy Hercule. The rest of the lunch went by with no problems.
After that, Hercule had Videl escort him home.
END CHAPTER!
(1)—This is really fun to do. What you do, is have a friend over, and have them talk to someone you know very well, and have your friend(s) pretend to be you. Then, you confuse them by when asked a personal question known by only you, your friend asks, "what?", and says their name. Then, the other person doesn't know who it was. It works…I've tried it before.
(2)—Absolutely nothing against gothic-type people. It is just referring to the extremely dark eyeliner and the way she did eye shadow and/or any other makeup you imagined her in. Sorry if anyone was offended, but it wasn't meant if it did.
So, how was it? Lame? Boring? Stupid? OK?
The contest results are dedicated to Yuki's Tear, a.k.a Tears-of-Nobody...thank you for the idea, and for reading!
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