Hello readers! Thanks for taking an interest in my story! This is my first so please don't bash me too much! I've read many Gohan and Videl fics and decided to do one of my own. I am a hardcore DBZ fan and my favorite character is Gohan by far! I feel he didn't get the greatness he was originally destined for, especially in the Buu Saga when he got the ultimate power-up and tore Buu apart. Buu, however, absorbed Gotenks and whooped Gohan and eventually absorbed him. I was majorly disappointed by that and his very minor role in beating Buu. And don't get me started about GT! He was useless! Enough of my ranting, enjoy the story!
I am starting this about one month after school starts for Gohan. Videl doesn't know he's Saiyaman or any of that good stuff. I don't know if I'll bring this all the way through the Buu Saga or if stop it earlier than that. I'll keep the main storyline as canon as possible, but if I do decide to go into the Buu Saga, It'll probably become pretty uncanon as I will make Gohan a more major player! Sorry, I started talking again! Read the disclaimer and then the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own DBZ or anything associated with it. Need I say more?
ENJOY! :)
Update: Sorry I didn't notice this when I first posted. When there is a change of scene, I originally had asterisks (*) to mark it but they got removed. This made the story confusing so I updated it using extended spaces and ... to show scene change.
Gohan & Videl
Chapter 1 - Dreams
Gohan rotated slowly, observing the damage that surrounded him. The whole city was in flames. 'Who on Earth could have done this?' He thought 'Actually, what in the universe did this?' , knowing that powerful beings existed throughout the universe.
Gohan, as the Great Saiyaman, flew through the destroyed city with hast. "Please don't tell me everyone's dead..." He whispered to himself, guilt bearing down on him with the intensity of a thousand suns.
'When did this happen? Who or what could've done this?' Questions began to race through his mind. 'Why can't I remember anything?!'
Gohan looked down to see the school in a crumbled mess, his school. He couldn't feel even the slightest ki from the building that is normally bursting with young life.
He began thinking about his friends he had just made only a month or so ago. The bubbly blonde talker with the kindest heart, Erasa, the tough, macho yet friendly long-haired blonde, Sharpner, and the fierce, strong-willed and very attractive ebony hair girl with pig-tails named...
"Videl!" Gohan shouted as he saw two forms battling in the distance. One being his crime fighting "partner", for lack of better words, and the other a dark figure that Gohan could not distinguish. He flew quickly, bursting into Super Saiyan for the added speed. After a few seconds of flying at max speed, he realized he wasn't getting any closer.
"What the... " The wind flew past him like he was flying, but the gap between him and the battling duo wasn't getting any smaller. He pushed with all his might but he wasn't getting any closer. "Argh! Come on! Move!" He shouted frustrated.
"Hyah!" Videl launched an assault on the enemy, a barrage of punches and kicks slammed the faceless opponent. It merely dodged and blocked everything she threw at it. Videl was getting angry. She put all of her energy into her legs and leapt through the air and kicked the mystery figure in its face as hard as she could. "Ah!" Videl cried out in pain and fell to the ground gripping her ankle, possibly breaking it from the kick. The figure didn't even flinch from the hit. "What are you?" Videl had fear in her voice.
Gohan was out of breath. "What is going on?!" Suddenly, he heard a pain-stricken yelp come from Videl. He looked over and saw her on the ground gripping her ankle as the unknown attacker walked towards her.
"Get away from me!" She yelled as she dragged herself away from the ominous being. She hit something solid behind her. She turned to see a brick wall had stopped her retreat.
"NO!" Gohan yelled, "FIGHT ME! LEAVE HER OUT OF IT!" The figure turned and looked at Gohan. It let out a demonic laugh and continued to walk towards Videl, who was currently tapped against a wall with nowhere to go.
"Gohan! Help!" Videl yelled. Normally he would deny that his secret identity was Gohan but Videl's life was much more important than a stupid secret.
Gohan threw the helmet of his head in frustration then forced all of his energy into flight, pushing against this invisible barrier. "HOLD ON! I'M COMING!"
The indistinguishable fighter picked up Videl by the neck and held her up against the wall. Gohan still pushing with all his might suddenly started moving towards them. "VIDEL!"
The evil fighter opened his free hand and a red energy ball began to form. He pulled his hand back, open palmed, with the energy pointed straight at Videl's heart. "YoU FaiLeD SaiYaN!" said the Demon as he thrust his hand into Videl.
Time stopped.
The demonic being disappeared into a mist, letting Videl collapse to the ground. He landed next to her and pulled her into his arms. She was trembling and bleeding uncontrollably from the wound in her chest. "Just hold on you're going to make it!" Gohan tried to comfort her.
"Gohan... I... I..." Videl said weakly. The light in her eyes dimmed and she let out a sigh as the last bit of life left her body. Her eyelids slowly closed and then her body went limp. She was gone.
Gohan's body was numb. He was in shock. This thing had come out of nowhere and killed everyone, just to get to him. He began shaking. Gohan could feel himself slipping. The ground began to shake while he hugged Videl's lifeless form. He began shaking more violently, letting out growls of anger. He looked back down at Videl. A wall of painful truth hit him, she was dead and that thing took her from him. Something in his head snapped. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Gohan screamed. He let his Super Saiyan rage take control, his eyes flickered blue-green, his hair flashed gold and his energy exploded, scattering debris everywhere. Electricity surrounded his body in a cyclone of power. The world around him distorted and began to crumble. "AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Gohan's screams filled the empty world. He would kill whatever that thing was and he wouldn't rest until he watched it die. His vision began to fade until there was nothing but darkness...
"VIDEL!" Gohan woke up shouting. He was covered in sweat and had tears in his eyes. He sat there panting for a couple of seconds. 'It was only a dream' he thought. Then he heard a voice come from the other side of the room.
"Gohan, are you ok?" Goten asked. Gohan sat there a minute and just breathed.
"Ya Goten, I'm fine. It was just a bad dream" he managed to say. 'It felt so real' he thought. 'It was worse than the dreams about my father and Cell...'
Ever since the Cell Games, Gohan was plagued by nightmares of his father sacrificing himself and Cell killing everyone he cared about. They happened every night for about a month after the Cell Games, then they happened two or three times a week, then once a week, then a few times a month, then once a month, now they happen only a couple of times a year.
"Gohan. What's a Videl?" Goten asked in a naïve manner, unaware that Videl was a person not a thing.
Gohan froze. 'Oh crap, if I tell him about Videl, he'll tell Mom and... ' he shuddered at the thought of his mother going nuts about marriage and grandchildren.
"Umm..." Gohan began, "It's a very delicious food Goten."
'Sorry I had to lie Goten but you'll understand when your older, sometimes lies need to be told. Especially when my sanity is at stake.' Gohan justified the lie in his mind.
"Oh ok. I've never heard of it before. How come you were so upset when you woke up? Did someone steal your Videl?" Goten asked.
'You have no idea...' thought Gohan. "Yeah Goten, someone took my..." he his mind drifted back to the nightmare.
'The look in her eyes... she was helpless against that thing and I didn't make it in time...' Gohan thought with guilt. 'You're going to lose them all!' The words that he told himself before he first transformed into a Super Saiyan echoed in his head. 'I need to get stronger. I won't lose anyone else!' He promised himself. The picture of Goku with a smile on his face appeared in his mind. 'Father... I'm sorry...'
"Videl." said Goten, breaking Gohan's train of thought.
"What?" replied Gohan confused.
"Someone took your Videl. You spaced out and didn't finish the sentence. Are you sure you're ok Gohan? Videl must be really great if you get that upset if someone takes it from you." Goten said with a degree of worry in his voice.
"It's very great Goten." Gohan said in a dry voice, wanting to stop talking about Videl.
"Can I try some?" Goten asked with excitement.
"Uh sure Goten" Gohan replied. 'Maybe saying Videl was a food was a bad idea... This will probably come back to bite me' He thought with regret.
"Yay!" Goten squealed.
"Alright Goten, go back to sleep now. And please don't tell mother about this, she'll worry about my eating habits." Gohan said with a chuckle.
"Sure thing Gohan. Goodnight Big Brother." Goten said happily.
"Goodnight Lil Bro"
'Phew! Dodged the bullet there!' Gohan let out a sigh of relief. He was still upset about his dream so he reached out with his senses. He could feel Videl's ki, it was low and steady. She was asleep. 'Good' thought Gohan 'I'm glad I memorized her ki signal.' (So he could find her when she was fighting crime and not have to wait for her ki to flair in order to find her.)
Gohan laid back down and rolled over. He was comforted knowing that Videl was unharmed. Being the naïve boy that he was, he didn't know that he was falling for his friend/partner.
He was laying in bed thinking about random things. He was looking forward to seeing his friends tomorrow and seeing, with his own two eyes, that Videl was ok.
'She sure is a beautiful girl.' Gohan thought as his mind wandered. 'Her black, raven colored hair in pig-tails, she would look really good if she cut her hair! Her body was small but she had muscles in all the right places, especially her a- WOAH Gohan! Chill out! Don't let the Saiyan half take control. God knows what would happen if I just let my instincts take over! I'd probably throw her on the desk, rip her clothes off with my teeth and - STOP!' Gohan's mind took a turn in an unwanted direction. 'Besides, she doesn't like me like that...' He thought as he drifted off into a peaceful sleep...
"Oh Gohan..." Videl moaned as he kissed her neck. She was losing it. She started to ruffle his dark, spiky hair. "I knew there was more to you than just being a bookworm..." She said teasingly.
He stopped kissing her and brought his face up to hers. "Don't judge a book by its cover. You never know whats on the inside..." He said with a wink. "I knew there was more to you than just fighting crime and hitting guys that hit on you..."
"Hey! I've got a reputation to uphold! I can't let guys walk all over me! I'm the daughter of Hercule Satan!" She retorted.
Gohan lifted an eyebrow. "And what about me?" He asked.
She smiled. "You're different." She said bluntly. His eyes were full of confusion at this statement.
"So you've got a thing for nerds?" He said with a chuckle.
"Yes Gohan, when I see pocket protectors and taped-glasses, I go nuts." She said sarcastically, slightly amused by Gohan's remark.
"Good thing I don't have either of those." He laughed. "Well then why am I different?" He put on the grin that made her insides turn to jelly.
"Well... You treat me nice" She said unconvincingly.
"Ya so does everyone else" He said obviously unconvinced.
"Well that's just it! Everyone treats me nice and different because my father beat Cell all those years ago. You don't look at me as the daughter of Mr. Satan, you look at me as Videl..." She finally let it out. "By the way, why do you always laugh when I talk about him saving the world?" She quickly followed up.
He laughed nervously and rubbed the back of his neck. "I never noticed. It must be a coincidence..." It was Videl's turn to be unconvinced.
"Gohan I know you have secrets and I will find out eventually, so just make it easier for both of us and tell me." She said with a huff.
"Maybe... But where's the fun in that?" He laughed. "Besides, you'd get bored if you weren't trying to figure out that I'm Saiyaman and the rest of my secrets." Gohan was amused with himself.
"D-Did you just admit to being Saiyaman?!" Videl said, shocked.
"Nope..." He replied with a shit-eating grin.
"I knew it! You are Saiyaman!" Videl was excited to finally put a face on Saiyaman.
"But it wasn't as fun as figuring it out yourself though was it?" Gohan chimed in. Videl thought about it for a second. He was right.
"So?!" Videl snapped back. She suddenly got an idea. 'I'll use my looks against him!' She thought. "How about you tell me some more secrets?" She asked with puppy dog eyes. "I won't tell a soul..." She said seductively. Gohan laughed nervously, nothing new for him.
"What secrets?" He played dumb. He was so bad at lying.
"Come on Gohan! You can tell me... or maybe I could convince you..." She said with a purr. Videl pushed Gohan backwards onto her bed.
"Uh..." Gohan was speechless as Videl slowly crawled up his body like a tiger. She could see Gohan "growing" with anticipation. "Well what do we have here? Looks like innocent Gohan is getting naughtier by the second." She was clearly amused. "Now about those secrets..." She walked her fingers up his stomach and abs.
Gohan looked at Videl and smiled. "I can't because I don't know them."
Videl stared at him blankly. "How can you not know your own secrets?"
"Well this isn't real. I'm just a part of your sub-conscience." He said with a completely straight face.
Videl raised an eyebrow. "Are you on drugs?" She asked him in a serious tone.
Gohan ignored the comment and continued with his explanation. "I don't know because you don't know."
Videl was now completely lost. "What are you talking about? Don't toy with me Gohan!" She was getting annoyed.
"Well..." Gohan said as he flipped on top of Videl and kissed her neck, making her moan. "You..." He continued kissing, Videl was in bliss. "Are..." He brought his lips right above hers. They were both breathing heavily, her face tingled with each exhale of his hot breath. "Dreaming." He finally let escape from his mouth.
"I'm... dreaming..." she whispered as if in a trance. Gohan pressed his lips onto hers. He then began to disappear until he completely dissolved. Everything went bright white and then pitch black...
Videl opened her eyes and stirred to life. She stretched her arms and legs. A moan escaped from deep within her because it felt so good to stretch after being motionless for so long. She looked at the clock. 3:23.
"That dream was... wow." She said to herself. "I will find out who Saiyaman really is, I have to." Videl was determined. "And I will find out your secrets Gohan."
She thought about the Gohan in her dream. 'Man, that Gohan was naughty!' She was feeling a little frisky. 'He is a good-looking guy but he is just so boring!' Then she remembered the end of her dream when Gohan went all weird on her, talking about consciousness and talking in circles. 'Even in my dreams you manage to make me feel like a dummy.' She laughed at that thought. "But those muscles, my goodness..." Videl said out loud as she remembered back to the first week of school when she walked by the boy's locker room...
"Man Gohan! Do you work out?! You're fricken ripped bro!" Videl heard Sharpner shout from the locker room.
'Gohan ripped? This I gotta see.' Videl thought. She walked over to the door and listened.
"Well... I... uh... eat my vegetables?" Gohan said almost as if he was testing to see if the explanation he'd given was adequate.
"What the hell kind of vegetables do you eat!? Steroids are not vegetables!" Sharpner bought the explanation but just barely.
"Well my mom has a garden and she takes care of them. She doesn't use anything artificial. It's all natural." Gohan had just told the only convincing lie he will probably ever tell.
"Dude! I want to try some!" Sharpner still had his voice at an outside level.
Videl's curiosity got the better of her. She pushed the door open slightly and peaked in. Her eyes widened at what she saw.
Gohan stood there with his shirt off talking to Sharpner, who was tweaking at Gohan. His arms were pure muscle. 'Oh my god, those biceps...' Videl admired. Gohan turned around to put his shirt on, giving Videl a perfect view of his chest. His abs looked as hard as steel. 'He is... he's... perfect..." Videl's body felt like mush. This must be what Erasa feels like when she sees a hot guy.
"Um... Videl?" Videl turned around to see Erasa standing there. "Oh my god! I knew there was a girly girl inside of you! You were checking out some guys in there!" Videl was frozen in shock. "And by the looks of it, there is some serious hunks in there! Let me see!" Erasa pushed Videl to the side and stuck her head in.
She pulled her head out about 20 seconds later. Her mouth was wide open in awe. "That was... Gohan! Oh my god he's gorgeous!"
"He certainly is in good shape..." Videl said, pretending to be uninterested. "At least he doesn't go around gloating like some of these idiots do."
Erasa smiled and stared at Videl. "What are you smiling about?" Videl didn't like where this was about to go.
"You like him." Erasa said straight out. Still smiling and staring.
"You're kidding right?" Videl was trying to keep herself from showing any girly behavior.
"You. Like. Him." Erasa said with certainty.
"Yeah right." Videl crossed her arms, still trying to act uninterested.
"You want to rip his shirt off, cook eggs on his hot body and lick them off." Erasa said amused with herself. She enjoyed talking to Videl about these kinds of things.
"E-Erasa!" Videl began blushing profusely. "That's gross!" Then she stared off into space and put a goofy smile on her face.
Erasa noticed Videl's face turning bright red. "Oh my god! You really do like him! I was kidding at first but..." Erasa was pleased with her discovery. Videl was silent. "You should ask him out." Erasa told Videl, who in turn gave Erasa a look that she normally only gave to criminals.
After a few moments of Videl's glare and Erasa's unrelenting smile, Videl finally broke.
"What!? Can I not enjoy looking at a hot guy without you bugging me about it!? So what if he looks like he can bench press a semi-truck! ((understatement of the century)) Just because I would like to throw him onto my bed, tear his shirt off and-!" Videl quickly put her hands over her mouth. Her face turned an even darker shade of red.
Erasa loved anything to do with Videl being feminine, and this was a goldmine. "Control those hormones girl!" Erasa laughed. "Don't worry I'll ask him out for you!"
"Don't you dare!" Videl said with malice in her voice. "He is just a friend with a nice body." She said calmly.
"I knew you liked my body!" Said a voice from behind her. She turned around and gave the person an evil glare.
"You wish Sharpner!" Videl snapped.
"Ya! She has the hots for Gohan not you!" Erasa added.
"I know." said Sharpner quickly before Videl started ranting.
"I DO NOT LIKE GOH- wait... What do you mean you know!?" Videl was slow to pick up on his remark.
"You always stare at him in class and you write about him in your notebook." answered Sharpner with a scoff. "Obviously you're crushing hard on him." Sharpner started laughung.
"I am not!" Videl wished this whole conversation never happened. "I only do that because I know he's hiding something! He may not be Saiyaman but he definitely has secrets!" Videl shouted. "He'll slip up and when he does, I'll find out what he's hiding!" Videl clenched her fist in front of her face.
Sharpner and Erasa stared at eachother. "I think she's lost it." Sharpner said.
Erasa just nodded her head. "Or she's just in denial..."
"God that was awkward..." Videl snapped back to reality.
She laid her head back down on the pillow and closed her eyes. The image of Gohan's body filled the inside of her eyelids. "But my god, that body..." (and like that she was gone again...)
'If only you knew what you do to me Son Gohan...' She was now slightly annoyed by the fact that she had dreamed about him. Again.
'I doubt he's even into me anyway, he's too innocent and pure to be thinking about that stuff...' Videl let out a sigh. She was unknowingly falling for the boy. 'If only you were a fighter, you would probably be the perfect guy. You could fight my dad and... oh who am I kidding, Gohan couldn't beat Daddy. I just wish he could, then I could relax knowing that I have the world's strongest, kindest, cutest man.' Videl knew this hope was far-fetched but she didn't care. 'Gohan's too much of a softy...' Videl's mind went in circles until she drifted off to sleep, looking forward to seeing Gohan and friends the next day.
Little does Videl know that Gohan is not only stronger than her father but was actually the one to kill Cell and save the world 7 years ago. Her hope isn't as far-fetched as she thinks... ;)
-To be continued
A/n: Thanks for reading! Feel free to review and follow, I'm not expecting any favorites yet, so do not feel obligated to. Only favorite if this chapter blew your mind, which I doubt it did haha. I'll be working on Chapter 2 and I will put it up ASAP. Expect it in the next few days!
Update: I updated the scene transitions and reworded a couple things. If anything doesn't make sense, let me know and I'll edit it so it does! I'm adding Chapter 2 shortly, just proof-reading and last minute editing!