She didn't want to believe, she shouldn't believe. She wouldn't have believed…if she didn't see it move!

Videl paced back and forth. Every time she stopped to talk, she stuttered and just started to pace again. She glanced at Gohan, hanging his head low, his tail lying limply next him.

Gohan grimaced, 'Ah, I really messed up this time.' He waved weakly at the control panel and cut the power. The elevator lurched violently, knocking Videl off her feet. She saw Gohan physically relax, that is, until she tried to approach him.

She crawled over to him and pulled off his headphones. Gohan tensed as he prepared for another verbal trashing. He tried to start spewing excuses, but nothing came out. 'Screw pride! No saving me now…'

"H-Hold up, before you start to yell…" He tried

"That…is really cool." She muttered.

"I'm really sor- Wait, what?" The entire situation thoroughly confused him now.

She eased closer to him and picked up the extra appendage. She marvelled at how soft its fur was. To her, this was just another reminder of how mysterious this boy was.

"You're not gonna yell at me?" He asked cautiously. He couldn't be sure if she'd have one of her mood swings.

She blinked and looked up at him. "Two months ago, maybe."

The tail snaked its way up Videl's arm, her breath caught in her throat and her face flush. "What's different about now?" Gohan asked innocently, unaware of his tone of his tone of voice. His confidence was returning. Videl face heated up and brightened even more, even though Gohan could see perfectly in the dark, he didn't notice. He just took her silence as that she had no rational answer, but when was love ever rational?

Videl sat there idly until a thought struck her. "Wait, so when you said a Siay-"

"Saiyan is just a word. Think of it as a group of people with tails." Gohan cut her off, "Not aliens. Just genetic."

"There are more?" Videl asked excited. She'd seen bi-pedalled dogs and foxes, but only once did she ever hear a rumour about a tailed boy who defeated the Red Ribbon…

"You're related to the previous World Champion!" She declared, closing the distance to a mere few inched between their bodies.

Gohan blushed, 'Shit! Too close, too close!'

"You are, aren't you?" Her voice was reduced to an excited whisper as she clutched onto his jacket. Gohan sighed and ran his hand through his hair, if she wasn't going to over-react, then there was no point lying.

"Yeah…um. That'd be my father?" He said uncertainly. Videl stared at him. She didn't talk, just stared.

"Y-Your father?" Gohan nodded. "Son Gokuu?"

Another nod. Videl was dumbstruck at this point. "T-The 'Strongest Under the Sun'? 'The Monkey King?' That Son Gokuu."

"Well, Father was never on for titles, but yeah. What's this strongest under the sun business?"

Videl beam, "Gohan! Your father was the youngest champion…EVER! No one can even come close to that! He beat Arch Demon Piccolo twice and-"

"Defeated the Red Ribbon Army as a kid. I know. But I never passed him off as that famous." Gohan admitted. "He really likes his privacy."

'Rather, he said he was afraid of all of the tech that the surface world had…'

"Sounds nice." Videl agreed. She was slightly jealous, even though beating an army didn't compare to defeating Cell, all her father did was brag and boast. The 'Strongest Under the Sun' title was only given to the strongest and the humblest of warriors. A realization hit her.

"You ran away from all of my challenges…You little sneak!" She accused, but she had a big smile on her face. "So, you did train since you were four!"

Gohan chuckled lightly, "Yep. First thing I learnt: Run away like a boss."

She arched an eyebrow, "Really?"

"Hey, I live around dinosaurs, okay?" He raised his hands defensively, "My mentor would kick me, and then scream dodge. Plus, you city girls are a lot more challenging."

"Well," she purred, "At least you look good doing it." Gohan laughed nervously.

Videl wasn't a casual flirt. Hell, she wasn't a flirt at all, but it just came naturally with Gohan. She'd done it many times over the past month, probably because Gohan started it and she wasn't one to take embarrassment without trying to dish it back.

"Let me guess." She continued, "You want this to be kept secret?"

"If you don't mind."

"I promise."

"Thanks." They sat there silently for a while before Gohan spoke up. "I'm surprised you didn't figure this out earlier. I mean you know what my father looks like, right? I'm a spitting image of him, hair and all. And your mother did tell you my last name-"

Videl groaned in embarrassment and let her head drop and hit Gohan's shoulder. Worst mistake ever! It felt like she ran into a wall. "I feel so stupid right now-" She tried to move, but she was caught by an appealing scent. It was always around him, willing her to do things she wouldn't dare do…In private and certainly not in public. But the smell had plagued her for the past month, the closer she got to Gohan, the stronger it became. She wondered if that was why the other girls chased him around. It also seemed that girls committed to their existing relationships were not affected, like Erasa and a few others, though some did send suggestive looks his way. Lime seemed the most immune, complete unaffected. She was so engrossed in her thoughts that she no longer tried to break away. Her breathing got harder and her body heated up.

Poor Gohan wasn't fairing much better. Vegeta had told him this would happen until he turned 21, something about an aphrodisiac effect on women that you didn't grow up with. Something about Saiyans needing to produce children very quickly. He remembered how much trouble it caused with Lime, before she 'converted', and some of the other village girls: the stronger ones were more bold and aggressive. He just hoped that Videl had the self-control to resist.

But a part of him didn't want her to resist, both Saiyan and Human. It would be a lie if he said he didn't want the ebony haired beauty. He had always wanted her. Gohan could feel her heart rate increasing, he actually worried it might burst. Videl shifted her head up to look at him, his lips dragged lightly across her forehead down to her left cheek. They could feel each other breath on their lips, neither of them having the courage to move from the current position. That is, until the elevator's lights came back on and it lurched upwards.

Videl tore herself away from Gohan and stood on the other side of the elevator. Gohan wrapped his tail around his waist and stood back up. Both of their faces were stained a deep crimson. They had managed to calm down enough so that when the doors opened, it wouldn't look too bad. Fortunately for them, the elevators were built in a little corridor. The only person there was the janitor. It only took one look at Videl's face to tell the old man that he'd either taken too long to get the elevator working again, or that he had interrupted something…

Whichever one, he hasn't sticking around to ask. He quickly bolted back on the control panel face and hurried off…in the opposite direction of Videl. The two teens walked around aimless for another hour, trying to shrug of the lingering embarrassment. Gohan fidgeted uncomfortably behind Videl, unable to read what she was thinking, although at this point, he wasn't sure he wanted to.

Videl was beating herself mentally. She couldn't she almost got caught in that kind situation. 'Shit! What would have happened if the doors didn't open?'

'Not that I wouldn't have loved it.' She shook that thought clean out of her mind. But she had to admit, part of her really wanted to continue. She tried apologising, but just seeing his face made all the embarrassment flood back tenfold.

"Videl…?" His voice startled her, he rarely even used her real name. She turned to face him, avoiding eye contact, she was a bit relieved to see that he was as well. "P-Perhaps we should leave?"

Videl met him with a blank start. "Huh? Why?" She'd momentarily forgotten the previous awkward atmosphere. "Sure, it's getting a bit dark, but shouldn't you go back to Lime?"

The half-blood laughed dryly, "That bitch left without a second notice a long time ago, though I can't link with her now for some reason…Guess I'll find my own way back home-"

"Wait! Don't go yet!" She said, grabbing onto his arm. She hoped she didn't sound desperate, but at this point, she really was. "Um…well…y-you could…ah…come back with me."

Gohan froze in his tracks. "T-To your house?" She nodded, her cheeks stained deep red. "You realize Hercule hates me, right?" 'More like he's afraid of m-'

A mischievous grin crept its way onto Gohan's face. He reached into his pocket and felt for the new capsule. "Well, I do have something for you. And I kinda want to mess with Hercule some more. But why are you inviting me?"

"I want to show you something." She lied

Gohan stood there for a bit. "I suppose it can't hurt."

"Great!" Videl beamed. "Don't worry about Erasa and the others. Even though she promised to take it easy, Sharpie and Kem are probably loaded down with only half of what she wants. She be too busy to notice."

The teens made their way back to the front of the mall and back to Satan city. Somewhere else in the mall, Erasa sneezed.

Xx0o0xX

Lime lay on her bed in the room she shared with Gohan. She had a spitting headache, and her all of her senses became hypersensitive, even moving hurt like hell. Not to mention her lower back felt like it was broken. Gokuu just gave her an all-knowing look and told her not to fight the pain. Easier said than done. She ditched Gohan at the mall like she had done multiple times, so she couldn't blame him for calling her a bitch, she even egged him on most of the time. This this, she ditched him for his best friend, hoping maybe some progress would occur between them.

As enjoyable as that was, she regretted it now. She wanted Gohan next to her so badly, but she was in too much pain to cry out over their link. Eventually, she passed out from the pain.

Xx0o0xX

Gohan stood at the gates of Satan Manor. Videl fidgeted nervously next to him. She couldn't read him; his face was expressionless. She really hoped he wouldn't thing she was a spoiled child.

Spoiled? The structure paled in comparison to the Ox Palace, Ox King had tried time and time again to spoil his only two grandchildren, but Chichi would have none of it. Then again, Videl's home even gave Capsule Corp a run for its money.

"That's…quite a home you got here…" He said, eyes roaming the exterior of the building.

"Yeah. It'd actually be a home if it weren't so fucking big and empty." She muttered, not knowing Gohan could hear her quite well. "Let's go inside."

The inside was just as marvellous. It was like a mix between western contemporary and Victorian, a striking contrast with the grandiose of the Chinese exterior. Gohan stood just beyond the massive oaken doors, admiring the architecture. He remembered the first thing his mother had taught him about being a house guest: Greeting your host.

"Hello, Hercule! The Arch-Demon's Apprentice has come to torment your soul! Show yourse-"

"He's not home, Gohan." Videl said bitterly. "They rarely ever are…"

Now Gohan knew why she said the mansion was empty. By now, a few of the maids and butlers had made their way to the great room to see the self-proclaimed Demon's Apprentice. Many of the younger maid were especially interested.

"Anyways…" he started, pacing aimlessly, "You said you wanted to show me something."

Videl's cheeks flushed slightly, she'd only said that to keep him a bit longer. She rattled off the first thing on her mind. "The knife!" She said a little panicked, "I've been practicing."

Gohan beamed. "Really?! Huh, I didn't peg you for a weapons type of girl. Lead the way then."

She took him out to a far part of the back yard, where all of her mother's practise dummies were set up. She went through the movements like she had done many times before, slashing and bashing with fierce and deadly precision. When she'd finished, she sheathed the knife and made her way back over to Gohan.

"How was that? Pretty good huh?" She smiled, panting slightly. Gohan put his hand on her head and butterflies filled her stomach. Gohan smiled at her. From what he was sensing, the girl was unlocking her ki all by herself and didn't even know.

"That was impressive!" He said cheerfully, before adopting a more serious tone, "But you're using the knife as a weapon."

She looked confused. "But…isn't a knife a weapon?" Gohan nodded in the negative. He pulled the blade out of the leg holster and repeated Videl's movements perfectly. But his motion was a lot more graceful. He would swing hard, but only knock the dummy onto the ground. He would put no effort into a swing, but leave a deep gash.

He turned to her. "You use these tools as extensions of yourself." He said. "If you use it as a weapon, you learn how to cut. Use it as part of you, you learn how not to cut." This only confused Videl more. Before she could argue, Gohan cut her off. "That's all I will tell you."

She wanted to know more, but a peal of thunder sounded. Not a moment after did it start to rain. Videl beckoned Gohan to follow her back out of the rain, the nature loving demi saiyan followed reluctantly. He followed Videl up the stairs to the large balcony outside her room, they were soaking wet. Videl's white shirt clunk to her small toned frame, Gohan turned away as her white lace bra was completely visible. They were nearly dry by time the rain stopped, the sky had become dark now, and the moon had begun to rise.

Videl sat on her bed, watching him, he'd taken off his jacket and put it on a chair to dry so she had full view of his well-defined arms. He seemed deep in though. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small cylinder. It was bigger than a dyno-cap in all dimensions, he walked over to her a handed it to her. She looked at him blankly. He smiled knowingly and pointed to the balcony. Once she was out there, she did a once over on the capsule. Instead of a plunger, this on had a touch pad or something? Whatever it was, it only took slight contact with her thumb to activate it. She tossed the capsule to the ground, but to her surprise, instead of smoke, a yellow cloud of hexagonal fragments burst out. The fragments formed parts and the parts formed the machine. All this, yet it deployed faster than any normal capsule.

Videl gawked at what she beheld. When the Light subsided, she saw a sleek new yellow jetcopter. It looked a lot like her old one, but this one was far more aerodynamic. This one was four-person copter. It had an extra set of wings below the rear doors, which slid out over the wings and a single boarding step on both the pilot and co-pilot side. The engines didn't seem to be combustion, more like some kind energy turbine? She couldn't tell. The interior décor was looked like a luxury sedan, but the controls maintained a level of familiarity. She turned to him, "Did…Did you buy this?" She stammered, "…F-For me?"

He put his hand behind his head and flashed his father's trademarked grin. "Well, built it is more like it. Not from scratch though, its model is still on the production…"

He was caught off guard when Videl ran towards him. Having had fully experienced what it's like to have his angry mother and aut chase him in a dead sprint, Gohan's only thought at the point was 'Oh shit!'

He yelped as he backed up and tripped back onto the bed. He recovered quickly, but as he sat up, Videl grabbed his shouldered. She just stood there, looking down at him and smiling. She wanted to speak, she wanted to thank him, but the words would not come. Gohan, for one, was scared out of his mind, he had absolutely no clue what was happening, and to be honest, he'd rather Videl yelling at him than her speechless. Videl's breathing got heavier as she stood in front of Gohan, still smiling. Eventually, she just gave up on talking entirely. She leaned over and pressed her lips on his.

'…Ah? Wait… What?' Gohan, at this point, was still a little unnerved that Videl was acting funny. He though she would have started firing questions at him, not kiss him. He felt dizzy and confused as Videl removed her lips. She saw that Gohan wasn't responding.

"S-Sorry!" She said quickly, a little disheartened. She tried to move away, "I shouldn't have done-"

She stopped when Gohan grabbed her waist. He cupped her face with his hands and pulled her towards him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him again, only this time, he reciprocated. It was awkward to say the least, the two of them fumbled around clumsily for about a minute.

Videl pushed Gohan back down onto the bed. All their bottled up feelings were released. She cried out in surprise when Gohan rolled over on top of her and deepened the kiss, his tail now wrapped around her bare stomach.

Pure bliss, that's all either of them could describe it as they broke the kiss. Videl was literally breathless. She flashed Gohan a sultry smile and wrapped her arms around his neck again, the demi was only too happy to oblige. He was just a few inched away when a load voice jolted them out of their embrace. Videl craned her neck to look at the door. "Shit!"

"Videl?! Are you there?!" Came the boisterous voice of the champ himself.

Videl turned to Gohan, "Leave before he finds you!" She said frantically, the footsteps were getting closer. He kissed her one last time before bolting for the balcony doors. Videl ran up to her bedroom door, she turned to see Gohan leave, but he was already gone. She slipped out of her room quickly to face her father.