Well, here is the alternate ending of A Night's Consequences. In this story the scene where Videl talk to her father in Part Five doesn't exist, but Gohan really left.
Please read A Night's Consequences before reading this story, otherwise you might be lost while reading this.

And now, enjoy! ^^


A Night's Consequences: Five Years After

Part One

Videl simply stood there before her mirror in her wedding gown. The gown was absolutely outstanding and it suited her wonderfully, but the problem was that she didn't seem to be able to rejoice. And to add to that, she was going to marry a man that she wasn't in love with. She couldn't be with the man she truly loved. Videl felt a small smile make its way onto her face as she placed her hand on her belly. This creature in her womb, this baby was the only thing she had left of him. Because she was sure that her soon-to-be husband wasn't the father.

Videl finally put her veil on. It was time to get married.

---

"You're not going to stop her?" Bulma asked inquisitively.

Gohan had just entered one of the many living rooms of Capsule Corp, returning from a sparing session with Vegeta. Gohan couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at the question his godmother had asked him.

"What do you mean?"

The scientist rolled her eyes. "Videl. You're not going to stop her from getting married?"

He sat down on the couch next to Bulma. "No, I'm not. She made her choice."

"You're not even going to tell her that you're deeply in love with her?"

Gohan stayed silent for a few moments. "I've told her."

"And she's still going to marry this guy? But I'm sure that she's in love with you."

"I guess you're wrong. There's a first time for everything."

Bulma glared at her godson. "I'm never wrong and this is not an exception. I know she loves you. I am completely positive that she's only marrying this guy because it's arranged."

Gohan shrugged. "That doesn't matter; she made her choice."

---

Five years later…

Videl landed her Jet Copter in front of a small village. She smiled slightly. This place would be perfect to live in peacefully, far away from the media and paparazzi. She turned around, noticing that her passengers were asleep. Videl couldn't blame them though, five hours of flight could be very tiring.

She then decided to wake up her husband and daughter. Once they woke up, they climbed out of the Jet Copter. Shortly after, Videl put it back in its capsule.

She breathed in the pure air of the mountains. She felt that she was going like it here.

---

Since it was his day off of work, Gohan decided to take a short walk. On his way, he stopped in front of a preschool and couldn't help but think that his child would be there if things had gone differently. It was at that moment that his overdeveloped hearing caught the sound of crying. Frowning, he went to the source of the noise. A little girl, not older than four, was crying and snuggling behind a tree in shame. Gohan's face softened as he approached her. When he arrived, he crouched down to put himself at her level and spoke.

"What's a cute little girl like you doing crying?" He asked gently.

She lifted her head up, hiccupping, and looked at him with her big black eyes. "The other kids keep making fun of me 'cause I have a tail."

Gohan then noticed the monkey tail that was swaying behind the little girl and his heart stopped almost immediately. He then realized who this little girl was exactly. It was his daughter. The child he never knew. He swallowed with difficulty.

"Wha… What's your name?" He asked after a while.

She looked at him suspiciously, then said: "My Mommy told me to never talk to strangers."

"Your Mommy is right, but I'm not a stranger. I think I know your Mommy. Her name is Videl, isn't it?"

The little girl stared at him with wide eyes. "How do you know that?"

Gohan smiled. There was no more doubt about it: this child really was his daughter. And what a wonderful little girl…

"I guessed; you look a lot like her."

The little girl smiled proudly. "That's true, everybody tells me that. How do you know my Mommy?"

"I went to high school with her. We're old friends." Gohan replied. "See, I'm not a stranger."

"It's true… My name's Pan. And you?"

"Gohan. Glad to meet you, Pan."

Pan wiped her tears and gave him a big smile, which made Gohan's heart melt. This girl… This wonderful little girl… He still couldn't believe that she was his daughter.

He then heard a voice behind him, a familiar voice that he hadn't heard in more than five years.

"Pan? What are you doing with this man? What did I tell you about talking to strangers?"

Obviously, since Gohan's back was to her, she couldn't recognize him. Gohan then straightened up and turned around to face her.

Videl felt her breath get caught in her throat and her cheeks fare up along with it. "Go… Gohan?"

He smiled brightly at her. "Hello Videl."

"What… Why are you… How…?" She stammered.

"Sheer coincidence. I would never have thought I would see you here. I'm pleased to see you again."

He kissed her on the cheek, and Videl blushed up to her ears, feeling her heart race. She shook her head.

"Pan, come, we're going home." She told her daughter.

"Wait, Videl. I'm inviting you for lunch. Please accept."

"Yeah, Mommy, accept. And plus I'm starving." Pan said, looking at her with begging eyes.

Gohan smiled inwardly. There was no doubt that his daughter had inherited of his appetite.

Videl sighed feeling outmatched. She knew that she just couldn't say 'no' when Pan gave her that pleading look, especially if Gohan was doing it as well. "Alright. But it's at your own risk, Gohan; Pan has a really huge appetite. You're going to ruin yourself."

Pan pouted. "That's not true." She said.

Gohan chuckled. "Well, let's go."

They went toward the only restaurant in the village, which, luckily, wasn't very far from the preschool. Videl looked at Gohan curiously.

It's strange. She thought. First he kisses me on the cheek – she blushed slightly thinking about it – and now he's inviting us to a restaurant. It's as if he has forgiven me…

Gohan felt her gaze on him, and he turned to her with a smile. Videl blushed despite herself.

Oh boy… He still has the same effect on me… She thought. And he's still the same as handsome…

"We're here." He said.

"Yes!!" Pan exclaimed, jumping in joy. "I'm starving!"

The two adults chuckled at the little girl as they entered the restaurant. A waiter came to greet them and shortly after, settled them at a table.

"Take what you want, Pan, and as much as you want." Gohan said.

"Really?" The little girl asked, her eyes shinning.

"Really?" Videl asked, seeming uncertain.

Gohan chuckled. "Yes, really. You too, Videl."

"Thank you!!" Pan said. She took her menu, and then realized that she couldn't read. "Mommy? Can you read my menu?"

Chuckling, Videl nodded. Their lunch went very well. Pan ate her fill, which was a lot, but not as much as Gohan, who ate even more than her. This earned the stares of many customers and waiters headed their direction.

A waiter came to pick up their many plates. "Well, one can say that your daughter inherited her father's appetite." He said.

Videl was suddenly very embarrassed. Pan giggled.

"He's not my Daddy!" She said. "He's a friend of my Mommy!"

"Oh, I'm sorry." The waiter said, visibly embarrassed.

Gohan smiled to the waiter politely. "It's okay."

"Well… Erm… I'll bring you the check…" The waiter said, still very embarrassed by his mistake.

"Yes, please." Gohan said, still smiling.

Videl had begun to wish that she could hide under the table from so much embarrassment. The very fact that the waiter took Gohan for Pan's father was very embarrassing, even if he was. If she had doubts before, she didn't have any now. Seeing Pan and Gohan next to each other made her realize just how much they were alike. Videl had also realized that Pan inherited Gohan's pretty black eyes, in addition to his appetite.

Gohan paid the check without troubles, even though it was a really large amount. They then exited the restaurant, which was going to need to renew its stock of food.

"Thank you for inviting us." Videl said.

"It was a pleasure." Gohan replied, smiling at her, which caused her to blush.

"Say, say, Mister Gohan, when will we get to see each other again?" Pan asked, excited by the idea of seeing the kind man again.

Gohan rubbed the back of his neck. "Well, I don't really know. I'm pretty busy at the hospital; today was my day off. But you can call me, if you want. Here, this is my card." He held out a small card, which she took without hesitation. He then turned to Videl. "You don't mind, I hope?"

Videl hesitated. Was it a good idea to let Gohan see Pan? She sighed. He had the right to get to know Pan, even if he didn't know that Pan was his daughter right? Well, that's what she was going with anyway.

"No, I don't mind." She said.

He smiled at her, causing her to blush again. Damn, why am I blushing all the time? She asked herself.

Gohan crouched down to Pan's level. "Listen, Pan, don't pay attention to the other kids. They're just jealous because they don't have a pretty tail like yours."

The little girl smiled, nodding her head. "Okay."

Videl looked at them with confusion. "What are you two talking about?"

Pan lowered her head, while Gohan was straightening up. "Kids were making fun of me because of my tail." She replied.

Videl frowned. "Again? These kids are so mean. And plus I think your tail is pretty, even though I don't know why you were born with it."

Gohan was suddenly embarrassed for obvious reasons, although not so obvious to her and rubbed the back of his neck again. "Well, I'll get going now. See you soon, I hope."

He ruffled Pan's hair affectionately; however, he didn't forget to kiss Videl on the cheek, which caused her to blush again. She couldn't count the number of times she blushed since she had seen Gohan today.

"See ya, Mister Gohan!" Pan cried out, arms waving frantically as Gohan walked away. He stopped and smiled at them, waving his hand slightly, then he resumed his walk.

Videl watched him walk away, her fingers brushing her cheek where he kissed and she smiled. Then she took Pan's hand. "Come on, we have to go home now. Otherwise Daddy's gonna worry."

"Okay!"

---

Gohan entered his house, heaving a sigh. It was hard to see her again while knowing that she was married to another man. He realized his mistake now. He should never have let her marry this man. He should have… He should have turned up at her wedding, and… and kidnap her right in the middle of the ceremony! Like in movies!

He shook his head with a chuckle at his thoughts. Whatever the case, he should have done something. But now, it was too late.

Or maybe not…

He frowned. Could he consider winning Videl back, even though she was already married? It wasn't his type to steal another man's wife. And yet, he considered it. This just caused him to frown even more. No, he couldn't do that. She was another man's, and he had accepted it. But seeing her again…

I can't do that. He thought, shaking his head. She's married, it would be wrong… But then, why do I want to so much?

---

Videl barely had the time to unlock the door as her daughter instantly jumped inside, jumping in Heiji's arms.

"Hi Daddy!" Pan said.

"Hello honey." Heiji said, smiling warmly at her. "Did you have a good day?"

"Yes! We meet a friend of Mommy, and he invited us to lunch!" Pan replied with enthusiasm. "He even gave me his card! Look."

She held Gohan's visiting card out to him, and Heiji took it. He frowned when he saw the name written on it.

"Dr. Son Gohan?" He read. "Don't tell me it's the same Son Gohan who was your doctor five years ago?"

Videl bit her lower lip. "Well…"

Heiji frowned even more. He remembered this doctor very well. He especially remembered how Videl looked at him and how Gohan would look at her. Heiji didn't like it in the least.

"What is he doing here?" He asked Videl.

"Apparently, he lives in this village. That's one big coincidence, huh?" She said with a nervous chuckle.

"That's for sure…" He said, still frowning.

"What's wrong, Daddy?" Pan asked. "You don't look happy."

His smile reappeared. "Nothing. Don't worry, my little angel."

She shrugged. "Okay." With that, she went to her room to play.

Heiji's frown returned once Pan was gone. "I don't like it."

"You don't like what?" Videl asked.

"That you're seeing him again."

"But Heiji, he's my friend…"

"Oh really? Then how come he didn't come to our wedding?"

"He… He must've been busy. It's very difficult to be a doctor, you know."

"I don't think that's it. I think he's in love with you and that's why he didn't come. It must have been too unbearable for him to see you getting married to me."

"Wh-What are you talking about?" Videl said, trying in vain to forget what Gohan had told her the day before her wedding.

"But I love you, damn it!"

She shook her head inwardly, trying to dispel this memory.

"He loves you, it's so obvious." Heiji said, bringing her from her thoughts.

"You're really talking nonsense."

"I don't want you to see him again."

"Don't tell me what to do!" Videl exclaimed, getting pissed. If there was one thing she couldn't stand, it was to be ordered around.

"I'm your husband, and I don't want you to see him again!"

"You can say whatever you want, I'll see him whether you like it or not! He's my friend, damn it! And Pan loves him!"

Heiji looked at her with narrowed eyes, but then he sighed. "Fine, do as you like."

"That's better." She said. "Well, I'm going to rest. See you later."

She went to their room and collapsed on the bed. Right at that moment, Videl felt her cell phone vibrate inside her pocket and she groaned.

It's impossible to be left alone… She thought, opening her flip phone.

"Hello?"

"Hiya Videl!"

Videl's smile immediately reappeared when she heard the voice of her best friend. "Hey Erasa. You okay?"

"Perfect. You?"

"Not really. I just had an argument with Heiji."

"Oh? That's unusual. About what?"

Videl bit her lip. "About… Gohan."

"Gohan? Why on Earth would you be arguing because of him? You haven't seen him in more than five years!"

"Well… It's just so happens that… I saw him today…"

"What?! How's that possible??"

"Well… He lives in the same village in which we settled in, with Heiji and Pan."

"Well, that's one hell of a coincidence…" Erasa said. "But why were you and Heiji arguing?"

"He's convinced that Gohan is in love with me, and he didn't want me to see him again."

"Well… He's not entirely wrong… Gohan is in love with you, after all."

"I know, but that doesn't justify it. And anyway, Gohan is just not the type of guy to steal someone else's wife. He's too kind for that."

"That' s true." Erasa approved. "So, tell me; how is he? Has he changed?"

"A little. He looks… more mature, less naïve. The years did him good; he's even more handsome than what I remember."

There was a moment of silence. "You're still in love with him, aren't you?" The blonde asked.

Videl sighed. "I can't help it. He's so…"

"Handsome? Smart? Irresistible? Hot?"

The brunette laughed. "Yes, among other things."

"I understand. Does he have someone in his life?"

"I don't know… We didn't get to that subject." She sighed again. "But I would be really surprised if he was still single."

"Hmm… I don't know… I don't think he has forgotten you."

Those words reassured Videl. She knew that she was being selfish thinking that way, but she didn't like the idea of Gohan being with someone. But he had the right to be happy, especially since she was a married woman now.

"By the way, it's weird, but I think he's forgiven me." Videl said. "He even invited Pan and I to a restaurant."

"He saw Pan?" Erasa asked. She never told Videl that Gohan knew he was the little girl's father.

"Yes, and she loves him."

"So, you think that he's forgiven you. That wouldn't surprise me. After all, he never was the spiteful type, and, well, that was five years ago."

"True…"

---

During those last five years, Gohan had been regularly coming to spar with Vegeta and had made quite a bit of progress. Also, he ended up surpassing the Prince, which angered the latter greatly.

But today, the demi Saiya-jin didn't seem to be able to focus on the spar, unable to get a certain dark-haired woman out of his head. And for the first time in a long time, he was being beaten by Vegeta… badly.

The latter suddenly stopped the spar, turning off the gravity machine.

"What's wrong?" Gohan asked, catching his breath.

Vegeta went toward the door of the Gravity Room. "Come back to see me when you've solved your problems. Talk to Bulma about it or something, I don't know, but solve them. Because now it's one big mess."

The Prince exited the Gravity Room, leaving Gohan by himself. He sighed, and decided to follow the advice of the other Saiya-jin. Gohan then turned to leave and chose to seek Bulma, who was in one of the many living rooms of Capsule Corp. It was fortunate that he could sense her Ki, otherwise Gohan would have spent hours looking for her.

"What's the matter, Gohan?" The scientist asked, seeing the depressed look on her godson's face.

The young man collapsed on the couch near Bulma, who was looking at him with worry.

"I saw Videl today."

"Oh. It must have been hard for you, now that she's married…"

"You have no idea." He sighed. "And I saw my daughter."

"Are you sure she's your daughter? After all, she could be the daughter of that man."

"She has a monkey tail."

"Ah, that definitely clears things up."

There was a silence between the two adults. Bulma then decided to break up the moment.

"And how is your daughter like?"

Gohan smiled, thinking about her. "Her name is Pan, and she's wonderful. She has my eyes." He chuckled. "And my appetite."

There was another silence, once again broken by Bulma.

"And… What are you going to do?"

He sighed again. "I don't know. I want to be with her, but she's married now."

"The divorce exists, you know."

"So you're saying that I should try to win her back?"

"I know it's not your type to steal another man's wife, but I don't want you to end up living alone all your life. And you know that a Saiya-jin can fall in love only once in his life."

"I'm also half human, you know. It could be different with me." Gohan said, but he couldn't even believe it himself.

"Then why are you still single? Have you ever known other women, other than her?

"There have been several ones." Gohan retorted.

"But you were never in love with any of them or am I wrong?"

He sighed. "No… But I can't do that, it would be wrong."

"Then you're going to stay alone all your life? I don't think your mother would be very happy about it."

"She still has Goten."

Bulma sighed. "Well, do as you wish. But you know that I only want you to be happy."

He smiled. "I know. Thanks, Bulma."

---

Gohan was still feeling lost about Videl. He loved her like crazy and he wanted more than anything to be with her, but she was married to another man, now. It was all so complicated... If only he had stopped her from marrying that man…

Was it really too late? Or did he still have a chance with her?

I need to know if she's happy with that guy. Gohan decided, as he walked toward the small hospital where he worked. Her happiness is all that matters to me. I don't care if it's with me or not.

But what if she's not happy with him? What do I do then? Should I try to win her back? I still think that it's wrong, but if would make her happy, then I guess… that's what really matters after all.

He sighed, still walking, lost in his thoughts. He arrived at the hospital, taking no notice of the man at the reception counter who had come to see him.

"Dr. Son Gohan?" The man called.

Gohan stopped walking when he heard him call his name, and turned to face him. The man was none other than Heiji, Videl's husband.

"You wanted to see me?" The doctor asked.

"Yes. I would like to talk to you. Is there a place where we could talk privately?"

"My office. Follow me." Gohan said, leading the man to his office.

He closed the door behind them.

"What did you want to talk to me about?" Gohan asked.

Heiji stayed silent for a little while, then finally spoke: "I would like you to not see my wife anymore and to stay away from her."

"Don't you trust Videl?"

"You're the one I don't trust. I'm not blind; I know you're in love with her, and I don't like it at all."

"You're wrong. I only have friendly feelings for Videl." Gohan lied.

Heiji narrowed his eyes. "I don't believe you."

"Believe what you like, but know that I have no intentions to stop seeing Videl. She's my friend and I care a lot for her."

Videl's husband clenched his fists, knowing that he had lost. "Do what you want, but you better not have intentions other than friendly toward my wife."

On those words, Heiji exited Gohan's office, slamming the door behind him. The demi Saiya-jin frowned. Who on earth did that guy think he was, telling others what they had to do? Really, he wondered what Videl saw in a guy like him.

And he was definitely going to win her back.

End of Part One