Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Shattered Glass ❯ Conditions ( Chapter 2 )

Shattered Glass

Written by Namek Kaia

Disclaimer: I own Dragonball! Yes! It's mine!! I am Akira Toriyama in disguise! Yeah right… or this would be an actual part of the DB sagas.

Chapter Two

Conditions

"Absolutely not," Videl argued, her arms crossing over her chest.

"Oh, come on Videl. I've finally gotten the green light for us to go out. Why not?" Gohan started again. "School is out of the way. We actually have a chance to spend time together now. Please, Videl."

"No, Gohan. I've told you that I can't go out with you this weekend. I have plans already," she replied.

"I know, I know. And if it's nobody I should be concerned with, then why can't you tell me who it is that you're going out with?" he shot back, crossing his arms and cocking his eyebrow. Videl was stubborn; he'd give her that. Not that he didn't love the challenge when he wanted something from her.

Videl huffed with irritation. "Will it shut you up?" she gave in. Though she had to admit, he was persistent. In her mind, she smirked at the fact that he went after what he wanted and wouldn't give up until it was his. She rather enjoyed his aggressiveness.

His lips curled in a smirk. "Perhaps."

"Fine then. One of my best friends is coming back into town. The night after she gets back, we always go clubbing. It's our girl's night out. That's why we can't go out tomorrow. See? I told you there was noth-"

"Clubbing? As in you'll be dancing with other guys?" he questioned with a frown.

"Oh, relax, Gohan. You know you have nothing to worry about. We'll be going to Club Rave. You don't actually dance with anyone."

"I don't care. I'm coming with you. No one's dancing near you unless it's with me," he declared firmly.

"Gohan! I told you that you ca-" she broke off for a moment in thought before a smirk played across her features. "Alright… you can come."

Gohan's face lit up, proving his smile to be one of his most attractive features. He stepped forward with outstretched arms in intension of hugging her with thanks, but was stopped as she held up her hand, then folded all her fingers in her palm except her index finger. "On one condition…"

`Oh great…' "What condition?" he asked suspiciously.

"If you want to come, you'll have to find a date for her. I won't have her feeling like a third wheel when it's supposed to be girls only." Her smirk deepened as she closed the distance between them. "We're leaving at 7 tomorrow night for dinner. If you don't have a date for her by then, we're leaving without you. And… just to let you know, I'll be wearing that outfit you like," she added coyly before standing on tiptoes to give him a quick kiss on the lips. "See ya tomorrow, Gohan," were her last words before winking and slowly rising into the air to fly home.

Gohan was dumbfounded as he watched her lithe form float into the air and slowly disappear. "Where the hell am I gonna get someone to go on a double date with us?" he wondered out loud to himself and began racking his brain for a solution.

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"No! Absolutely, positively not!" Piccolo shouted back at his former student. He was hot with anger at Gohan from such an absurd request.

"Please Piccolo?!" Gohan pleaded desperately. "I have no other choice. I can't go out with Videl unless I get a date for her friend. No one else is able to come. You're my last chance, Piccolo. Please, do this one thing for me. Please!"

"I'm sorry Gohan… but there's no way in hell I'm going out on a date. Especially with a strange human! What do you think is going to happen when she sees that her date is a green alien? Hm? It's a bad idea and you know it. So stop asking," Piccolo demanded.

"It won't be bad at all. I promise. I've already checked with Videl and yeah, she was a little freaked at first, but she also said that her friend is very open-minded. It'll go great. I promise you, just please go?" he pleaded further.

"I told you that I'm not going and I meant it!" he yelled and firmly crossed his arms in a stubborn stance. It was an insane plea that he wouldn't succumb to, whether Gohan liked it or not.

Gohan was getting desperate. Piccolo was his last lifeline and his chances were thinning. But he wouldn't give up. "Okay, what if you only had to stay for a few minutes. All Videl wants is a date for her friend. As long as you show up, everything will work. Just make some excuse that you have to leave. That's all you have to do. Please, Piccolo?" Gohan asked nicely and gazed up at his mentor with pleading puppy dog eyes. He was officially digging deep to get his way. But he didn't really care all that much. He wanted to go out with Videl, and if this was what it took to do just that, he was more than willing.

Piccolo growled lightly at Gohan's pathetic routine. Those innocent eyes always had a way of persuasion with him. Gohan had left a special imprint on the Namek warrior. It just wasn't within Piccolo's limits to let him down when it was obvious that this favor meant so much to him. Slowly, his walls of determination were crumbling. A few minutes in a club, which was probably dimly lit, with a most likely terrified human wouldn't be all that bad, would it? Once again, he mentally blamed his fused selves for making him too pliable to such idiotic requests. Had he still have been purely the Demon King, the boy would have probably been blasted to death by now. Or he would have at least attempted such.

"Fine," he simply replied.

Gohan once again lit up with joy. "Thank you Piccolo. You know this means a lot to me. I won't forget this, and I'll make it up to you somehow. You have my word on that."

"Hmph. Just tell me what time hell begins."

"Be at my house at around dusk on Saturday. We'll meet the girls at the club later," Gohan answered.

Piccolo hesitantly nodded in agreement. He still disliked the whole ordeal.

"Oh… and one more thing. Videl said you should wear these." Piccolo cocked an eye ridge as Gohan dropped a duffel bag onto the ground between them. "Great. Thanks a lot, Piccolo. Gotta go. Bye!" he finished in a rush and promptly shot into the air to head towards his home.

Piccolo warily unzipped the bag and searched its contents. His eyes suddenly shot in the direction Gohan had just departed. "Gohan!!" he shouted angrily into the sky, his anger flaring to an immeasurable level. The boy had gone too far this time.

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The following Saturday night, Gohan, after finally readying himself, stepped out into the fresh night air to wait on Piccolo's arrival only to find him already there. He grudgingly leaned in silence with his arms crossed over his chest against the wall of the Son's domed home. Gohan saw that his eyes were closed and that he was obviously annoyed, which made him even more grateful that Piccolo came at all. He was even dressed in the outfit Videl had chosen for him to wear.

Piccolo wore a tight black muscle shirt that served its purpose well and accented the Namek's defined muscle tone. He also donned dark blue jeans held with a black belt. His outfit was topped off with black boots and a black du rag, which he had punctured holes in for his antennae. Gohan was surprised at how strange he looked outside of his normal gi and weighted clothing. But he didn't exactly look badly… just different.

Gohan's dress was similar. He sported a tight white t shirt and leather vest that also accented his muscular shape with black leather pants that fit in all the right places for his build. He also wore black shoes and his hair had been carefully styled, but looked the same as he always wore it. Piccolo could easily smell the musk of his cologne from feet away, probably because of his sensitive sense of smell. "Thanks again for coming, Piccolo. It really does mean a lot to me," Gohan said sincerely with a joyous smile.

Piccolo pushed himself away from the side of the building and made his way past Gohan. "You owe me, Gohan… big. Let's just get this nonsense over with so I can get back to my meditation, shall we?" Piccolo said dryly and lifted into the air towards Satan City. Gohan quickly followed and began to lead the way to Club Rave. Halfway there, Gohan look over toward Piccolo and smiled. "This won't be as bad as you're thinking. You might even enjoy yourself, Piccolo. I bet she's nice," Gohan said over the rush of the wind and winked. Piccolo only `hmphed' and kept silent. He was going to do this one favor for Gohan, but he didn't have to like it.

They touched down outside the club that stood on the corner of Hercule and 5th. Teenagers were lined up down the entire street in hopes of getting in sometime that night. Piccolo could hear, and feel, the music that was blasting inside from where they stood. He'd definitely have to mentally control his hearing so that his eardrums weren't damaged. With some hesitation, he followed Gohan towards the club's entrance. As he walked, he couldn't help but to think what his date's reaction to seeing him would be. He mentally smirked at the words "his date". They just seemed so out of place when related to him.

Gohan headed straight for the entrance and didn't bother at all with the long line down the street. He walked right up to the doorman instead. "I'm Son Gohan. Me and my friend are here with Videl," he explained.

The doorman, who was a rather large muscled man with a tan in sunglasses -a rather odd accessory for nightlife- and black clothes, checked his list over before looking up at Gohan. "Ah yes. Mr. Son is right here on my list. Go right in, Sir," he said and allowed them entrance, giving Piccolo a strange look as he walked through the doorway. Piccolo paid him no mind.

Gohan glanced around the club immediately to find Videl while Piccolo slowly scanned in awe of the scene. He had never seen so many people in such a small space before. To his right was the Soda Bar, which was logical for a club full of teenagers, and to his left were the sitting booths. Both were filled with people shouting over the music and half dancing in their seats. On the opposite side of the room were steps leading to a large dance floor. Neon lights flashed and danced over the occupants who were grinding, jumping, and doing several other strange movements that he'd never seen done before. To him, they just looked foolish. Before he could turn back and leave as fast as possible to go home and forget about this whole fiasco, Gohan tugged at his arm. "Come on. There they are… at the bar," he shouted over the music and moved in the direction of the girls.

Piccolo followed and spotted Videl at the bar. She was scantily clad in a tiny silver halter-top that had crissed-crossed strings as a back. Her matching skirt that reflected the light show of the club and small, silver heels clicked on the floor as she walked to Gohan and greeted him with a kiss. Piccolo could only guess that the girl that sat on the barstool next to where Videl had just departed from was his date. From his angle, he could see that she was drinking water. `Heh… we have something in common,' he joked to himself as he continued to study her.

He saw that she was wearing a black tank made of see-through lace, indirectly showing her bare back. Piccolo only hoped that the same didn't apply to the front of the shirt as well. She also wore faded jeans that were ripped in various places and black, heeled boots. Her wavy brown hair fell neatly just below her shoulders after she finished running her hands through it. She sipped at her water coolly as she tapped her fingers lightly on the countertop to the beat of the music. There was something about her… something different. But he couldn't tell what it was.

Videl went back to her side, and it was about that time that Gohan began to speak to him again. "Piccolo… I'd like for you to meet your date," he said with a smile. After she looked to Videl and followed her eyes to them, she turned toward him with her drink in hand. His eyes widened…

"You?!" they asked in unison, both equally stunned.

`It's him…'

`It's her…'

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