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Some of you might have seen this one coming. For those who don't read my other stories: on June 27th 2009 I updated my first chapter of my first story on this site. Now, six years later, I want to celebrate my own little anniversary as an amateur writer by starting all my stories once more.
There we go!
Chapter 1. Love Hurts like Blackmail
"Alright. Now that Kanara lives here I expect that Gohan would want to visit her." Bulma said as she placed her hands on her hips. The two teenagers exchanged glances. "That's okay. You know you'll always be welcome here, Gohan, but there are going to be some rules."
"First of all, when Gohan is here you two are not allowed to be in the same room behind a closed door without supervision! Secondly, I want you two to focus on your studies again. Gohan, you've missed out on months of school work because of the whole event with the saiyans. Kanara, well… You're at the school level of a ten-year-old. You need to smarten up." She pointed at Kanara. "You'll probably marry the upcoming scientist here," Gohan blushed when Bulma's eyes landed on him, "but you still cannot expect to live off your husband. He won't like you for that."
"Oh Bulma." Gohan sighed, placing a hand on his forehead.
"I mean it with these rules!" Bulma said strictly when she caught Gohan's mutter. "If you break them I… No. Vegeta will punish you." She pointed at her husband with his thumb. The man was casually sitting at the table, watching everything in silence.
Gohan chuckled in response but he managed to make it look like he was coughing. Kanara patted on Gohan's back to help him get it out and Bulma made a worried face, but when Gohan made eye-contact with Vegeta the half-saiyan realized that the older saiyan saw right through his coughing façade. Gohan tried not to make a face. He could beat Vegeta so he wasn't afraid of the man's punishments but after all these years he learned not to challenge Vegeta randomly if he was not planning on spending several hours caught up in a massive fight.
"Understand?" Bulma asked finally.
The two teenagers said that they understood Bulma's rules. Bulma made an approving sound and she told Kanara to come with her so they could start planning her study schedule.
Gohan realized that this meant he would be left alone with Vegeta and he was about to follow the others out when something hooked around his lower leg. The half-saiyan stumbled forwards and fell down.
Vegeta walked around the half-saiyan and ended up in front of him. "Finding my power very funny, are you?" He growled while Gohan sat up.
"I was coughing."
"Don't lie to me." Vegeta snarled at him. "You may have fooled the others but you cannot fool me."
The half-saiyan stood up fully. "Someone is in a bad mood."
"Nothing a nice session of beating-the-half-saiyan won't cure." Vegeta responded as a smirk appeared on his face. "After all this time we have hardly had the chance to have a decent spar. I want to fight you."
Gohan made a face. "I don't feel like sparring right now. I came here to visit Kanara."
"Want to have a second go at her?" Vegeta mocked, still carrying that annoying smirk.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Gohan started to walk away. "Why don't you have a go at Bulma?" He tried not to blush as he said this. Damn, acting tough really was not something he could do.
Vegeta laughed loudly in response, but he didn't follow the half-saiyan. "If only you could handle such comments without blushing like an idiot!"
The half-saiyan ignored the older warrior. He sensed around for familiar power-levels and immediately noticed the spicy scent that belonged to Kanara. Ever since Kanara and Gohan decided that they could be a couple, Gohan noticed that he could easily find her on her scent alone. There was nothing on this earth that smelled as good as the presence of his girlfriend.
Gohan entered a room and looked around. It was a bedroom. He could see that much. There was a large double bed and a remote control was lying on the bedside table. Seeing as he did not see a TV he figured it belonged to the bed. Two glass doors led to a balcony. Kanara was sitting at the dark blue desk.
Bulma was standing next to her and was pointing at a page of a notebook. Gohan's eyes moved to the books in the blue closet. All study books he had to work through when he was a kid. The half-saiyan raised an eyebrow. Kanara was going to have a rough time if Bulma would be in charge of her.
"Gohan." Bulma greeted when she saw him. She started for the door. "I'll leave you two alone. Remember, the door stays open." She sent Gohan a strict glance before leaving the room.
When he looked back Kanara was staring at him. "I thought she was never going to leave." Kanara muttered as she looked at the doorway. The young woman got up and strolled over to the doors, closing them softly.
Meanwhile, Gohan was looking at the notebook on the desk. Bulma made a strict schedule which allowed the occasional training session with Vegeta. She was smart enough to count that in.
Kanara appeared next to him and looked at the notebook too. She let out a sigh. "Goodbye freedom." She stated dramatically. "I thought battleschool was going to be tough but I would much rather do that than this crap."
"It won't be that bad." Gohan responded as his eyes moved to his girlfriend. The young warrior turned to her fully. "Here on planet earth kids have to be capable of more than just throwing a couple of good punches."
"Yeah. They have to be geniuses." Kanara opened one of the books. "I can be a scientist if I learn all this stuff."
"I wouldn't start in the history books if you want to become a scientist." Gohan stated dryly. Kanara closed the book and looked up at him.
"No, but why would I need to become a scientist?" The full-blooded saiyan asked sweetly as she moved closer to him and wrapped her arms around his shoulders. "I am being courted by the upcoming doctor." She teased, using Bulma's words.
"Not if Vegeta manages to knock my brains out before I can even enter university." Gohan responded. Kanara smiled and leaned in to kiss the older warrior.
Gohan responded to the kiss eagerly. Every time they kissed he was surprised by the intensity of the action. It was like he forgot how much he enjoyed her kisses until they kissed again. At that moment he was reminded of the sensual enjoyment of the act. It made him want to kiss her over and over again.
The door opened and the two teenagers stepped away from each other.
"Now what did I say about closed doors?" Bulma said as she placed her hands on his hips.
"We're sorry." Gohan muttered. Kanara mumbled an apology as well, although it did not sound as sincere as Gohan's apology.
"Good. Gohan, I passed Vegeta on my way here. He said something about training, murder, mate, death." She made a face. "The usual. You might want to go to the training room."
"Right." Gohan responded. Kanara accepted his hand and they walked to the doorway together.
"Hey, Kanara." Bulma started. "I think it's better if you start studying right now."
"Right now?"
"Yep!" Bulma placed a hand on Kanara's shoulder and pushed her back in the room. "The sooner the better. We've got no time to lose. I need you to start on the history lessons so we can see how good your memory is. I'll pop quiz you tonight and then we can…."
"Have fun!" Gohan called over his shoulder before quickly walking out the room. The half-saiyan snickered when he still heard Bulma's voice.
Gohan did not know how he ended up in this situation, but he was glad that he did. If you would have told him that he would end up in a relationship with Kanara two years ago, Gohan would have laughed at your face.
When he was fourteen, Gohan and Vegeta were transported to hell because Vegeta wanted to have a spar with him. Vegeta made a deal with Cell. He would get to spar with the half-saiyan and Cell would get to prove to everyone that Gohan could become a super saiyan two.
Only, Vegeta did not count on Cell's backstabbing nature. The android managed to find bonds strong enough to restrain the two saiyans and he kept them in his dungeon for his own amusement. That was where Gohan met Kanara. At the time, she wouldn't come near him. She hated him for being a half-saiyan and she pretty much worshipped Vegeta because he was a saiyan prince.
Thank kami that she got over that… Gohan, Vegeta and Kanara managed to escape and they returned to the saiyan pride. As time went by Gohan started to warm up to Kanara. They became friends, and maybe already more at the time, but they both knew that it wouldn't last. Gohan was actually still alive, albeit in a deep sleep, but Kanara was dead.
Vegeta and Gohan helped organize a battle to take on Cell and his goons, but the battle went awry and everyone except for Gohan was imprisoned. When Gohan went to free them, he found out that Goku was behind all of it. Goku wanted Gohan to embrace his saiyan side and the older warrior figured that spending some time with the saiyan tribe would be good for him. It would help him get to know his roots. To realize that not all Saiyans are bad.
When he returned to his real life, Gohan asked Videl out and they dated for a while but Gohan kept thinking about Kanara. He loved Videl dearly, but he knew they wouldn't last.
A couple weeks ago, the same gap through which Gohan and Vegeta entered hell before, broke down and allowed the inhabitants of hell to enter the living realm, and they went straight for planet earth. Gohan and Kanara were reunited, and Gohan spent quite some time with his saiyan family, albeit because he was their hostage. He still enjoyed his time there.
While the other earth warriors searched for the dragonballs, Gohan had to stay with the saiyan tribe so that they would be sure nobody would attack the tribe. Vegeta could easily wipe the entire saiyan race, but he wouldn't attack them as long as Gohan was there with them.
That was when Gohan felt this strange presence. A strong force. He easily wiped Cell, Freeza and his henchmen, but this stronger force posed a real problem. Ankiër was this strong force and the man seemed to only want to fight them for sport. Even when he got the chance to kill Gohan, he didn't take it and they parted as friends. Gohan hoped Ankiër wouldn't change his mind, but if he did, Gohan would be here and he would be ready. That was mainly why he did what he was about to do.
The young warrior quickly changed into a saiyan armor and he met Vegeta in the training room. The older warrior smirked at the young saiyan.
"Are you ready, brat?"
"I am so ready, old man." Gohan stated. After all this time they spent together lately they still couldn't have a normal conversation without insulting each other. Gohan didn't mind. They were just sparring partners. A tool for each other to increase their own strength. That was just fine for Gohan.
3 Months Later
"There is a gym class going on here." The headmistress said as she led them to the gym.
"Oh look." Bulma said as she waved. "Gohan! Over here."
The half-saiyan looked up from his position on the ground. He smiled and waved back in response. Gohan raised both his eyebrows when he noticed who was with her. Vegeta. The man looked absolutely livid. Gohan knew Bulma sometimes dragged him along. They had to show that they were a couple that was going strong. The media liked that.
"Okay everyone." The teacher said as he turned back to the students. "I'll demonstrate with one student. Don't worry. I'm not going to hurt anyone." The man looked around the class.
"You're teaching martial arts?" Vegeta interrupted as he stepped closer. He seemed genuinely interested. Bulma raised both her eyebrows as she watched her husband approach the human teacher.
The teacher nodded, showing a cheerful smile. "Yep! This is the first class so we're just starting with the basics." The man studied Vegeta. "I hear you have experience with martial arts. Would you like to show our students a demonstration?"
Vegeta glanced at the man. "With you as my opponent?"
The teacher nodded. "Or one of the students. I was about to ask them if any of them had experience with martial arts."
"No need. I already have someone in mind." Vegeta's gaze turned to the rather miserable looking half-saiyan. Gohan had been watching the conversation with a mingle of admiration and dread. Admiration at the fact that Vegeta actually managed to draw Gohan into a spar during school time, and dread because he knew exactly who Vegeta was going to choose. "Come on, boy."
Gohan got up. Sharpener leaned over to Videl. "Do they know each other?" The blonde man asked.
"Of course. Vegeta and Gohan are sparring partners, remember?" Videl snarled back. "We told you about that. Keep up."
"Oh right…"
Gohan brought his hands together once he was standing in front of Vegeta and he clapped. "Congratulations." The half-saiyan said. "You've surprised even me."
Vegeta sank into a fighting stance and Gohan did the same thing. They ignored how the teacher started to explain their stances and the good and bad areas of it. Vegeta studied the half-saiyan. "I haven't seen you in almost a month."
"I've been busy." Gohan replied. The half-saiyan was the first one to attack. He pulled back a fist and tried to punch Vegeta. The saiyan prince blocked the punch.
"Too busy to spar with me?" Vegeta moved up his elbow to hit Gohan's nose but the half-saiyan moved his head aside to dodge it.
"You can't blackmail me into those sessions anymore, Vegeta. Everyone knows about my relationship with Kanara now." Gohan showed the saiyan prince a smirk. "I'm not spending my entire Saturdays under your reign anymore. I've never felt so free."
Vegeta narrowed his eyes and he kneed Gohan in his stomach. The man took advantage of Gohan's weakened state and he brought his fist down on the back of Gohan's head. The half-saiyan fell to his hands and knees, but before Vegeta could push him over, the boy jumped up, whirled around and kicked Vegeta back.
"That's great!" The teacher interrupted. "Great demonstration, right everyone?" Most students were still watching eagerly to see more but the teacher was already standing in between Gohan and Vegeta. "Thank you for your help, sir." The teacher mentioned to Vegeta, who only sent the man a nod. He could appreciate other fighters.
"Thank you, Gohan." The teacher continued. "You can sit down again."
"Yes sir." The half-saiyan nodded and went to walk back to his seat. The boy looked over his shoulder and noticed the Vegeta was still glaring at him, but Bulma got the man's attention and they moved on.
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Several days later
"I'm going to kill him."
"No." Kanara shook her head weakly. "Don't. I wanted this."
"You wanted him to beat you up?" Gohan brushed through her hair with his fingers. "You need to sort out your priorities."
"Gohan. I have a power level of 500." Kanara said as she tried to sit up. Her body refused and she fell back down on the bed. "A saiyan's body is twice as strong after a good beating."
"That doesn't mean that you should get beaten up every damn day." Gohan grabbed the sheets and placed them over her body.
"That's why I don't train with you." Kanara smiled at him. "Vegeta doesn't mind beating me until I pass out. I think he enjoys it." The female tapped against Gohan's nose. "That's the difference between a real saiyan and a half-saiyan."
Gohan grabbed her hand. "If you die again we cannot wish you back." He said, frowning. "You cannot be this reckless. You live for two people now, not just one."
Kanara smiled and she reached out to him. Gohan sent her a confused glance and she chuckled. "I want to kiss you but I can't get up." She muttered. Gohan smiled and he leaned in to press a kiss on her lips.
"I'm going to get you a senzu bean." Gohan stated before he got up.
"I don't like taking those things. I can heal by myself."
"You and every full-blooded saiyan on this planet." Gohan pressed a kiss on her hand before he dropped it. "Too bad that the strongest saiyan on the planet wants you to take the senzu bean, or else…."
Kanara snickered while Gohan turned away from her. "Strongest saiyan, huh? Don't let Vegeta hear you say that."
When the half-saiyan returned several hours later he realized that Vegeta was stretching his body outside. He couldn't blame the man. It was warm but not too hot. It was a perfect day to be outside. Unless you were beaten up so badly that you couldn't walk.
Gohan's lips tightened for a moment. "What are you doing outside? Doesn't the sun hurt your pure evilness?"
"After all the time you spent with the saiyans you should have picked up some bad swearwords." Vegeta responded coolly.
"Why are you suddenly outside and not in the training room?"
"I heard someone is planning on killing me." Vegeta sent the half-saiyan a nonchalant glance. "I figured it might as well be outside. Inside would make the room such a mess."
Gohan scoffed. "You beat up my girlfriend. Do you expect me to thank you?"
"You don't know how difficult it is to hold back your power when fighting that wench, especially when she's screaming at you to give it to her. Well, I did. One punch. She was down for the count."
Gohan knew how hard it was to spar with Kanara. He sparred with her once, not because they didn't like sparring with each other but they just preferred to spend their private time doing other things than fighting, and he found it difficult to hold back his power as well.
The half-saiyan growled in response before turning away from the man. "I'll deal with you later."
"Will you now?" Vegeta sounded amused. "Well then. You know where to find me."
Gohan sent the man a glare over his shoulder before moving into the house. The young warrior found his girlfriend in her bed. She refused the senzu bean at first but when Gohan threatened not to let her out of the bed until she took the bean, she almost snatched it out of his hands.
Kanara smiled and stretched her body. "Okay. I've got to admit. I feel a lot better now." She said.
"See. Now let's get you out of the bed and change you into something more presentable." Gohan eyed her clothing. Her uniform was very ragged because of the battle she just endured.
"I have a better idea." Kanara grabbed his hand and pulled the half-saiyan closer until Gohan had to place his knee on the bed. "Instead of me leaving the bed, why don't you get in it?"
The half-saiyan crawled closer to her until his face was very close to hers. "What about your change of clothes?" He whispered.
Kanara let the older saiyan press a kiss on her lips before she pulled away and responded. "Doesn't a change of clothes require me taking my clothes off first?" She asked, grinning at him. Gohan gently pushed her down on the pillows.
"I don't see a problem with that."
Kanara rolled her eyes at him. "I bet you wouldn't, but this is a two-way street, kiddo."
Gohan sat up and removed his shirt, tossing it aside. Kanara widened her eyes for a moment and allowed her gaze to run down his torso. Gohan tilted his head sideways and sent her an innocent glance.
Kanara grinned and pulled him closer. "That will do just fine." She whispered before their lips met in another hungry encounter.
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Gohan opened his locker, rummaging through the contents to grab his history book and stuff it in his bag. He felt unusually tense. It started this morning when he walked into the classroom and Videl gave him a smile. A smile! Since they broke up, Videl had been ignoring him continuously. Eresa and Sharpner did not notice or chose to ignore it, but Gohan knew Videl was still angry at him. He cheated on her and she would take her revenge. Gohan just did not know when.
He looked down the empty hallway, left and right, and continued to search for his history notebook. The boy pushed this in his bag too. He looked up as a power level alerted him. He turned around to look into Videl's blue eyes. She glared at him. 'She's always been fast.' Shot through Gohan's mind.
"Hi there."
"Videl. Hey." Gohan answered hesitantly. "What's up?"
Videl narrowed her eyes. "You're such a liar. I always thought you were a bad liar but you're actually pretty good at it, aren't you?"
"I don't know what you're talking about." Gohan answered as he stepped back, the lockers bumped into his back.
"I know, Gohan. I know everything. I have been studying the Cell Games for quite some time now and suddenly everything fell into place." Videl said as she leaned in even closer. "The people attending the Cell Games could fly, just like you. They had spiky hair, just like you. The young boy who was there was estimated to be nine or ten years old. This means that he is sixteen now. Your age." Videl looked in her backpack and retrieved two pictures. The first picture was probably made seven years ago. The young Gohan was frowning at something behind the camera and a younger-looking Vegeta was standing right next to him. The fact that Gohan never actually stood this close to Vegeta made him assume the picture was tempered with. He did not get the time to ask about the picture as Videl already shoved the second picture under his nose. Gohan and Vegeta were standing in the same position, only seven years later, in yet another photoshopped picture.
"The resemblances between the two Vegeta's is obvious." Videl said thoughtfully. "I had to look more careful for the similarities between you and the delivery boy but they are there. You have the same expression on both these pictures. You look older but you're definitely him."
"Prove it. This is speculation." Gohan answered.
"Okay. I don't have real proof but I do have something else. Information. I know you can fly and I might just leak that information to the newspapers. They will follow your every move and find out about your ability to fly and they might even find other secrets you're trying to cover up." Videl answered as she smirked at the frowning half-saiyan.
"Fine. What do you want?" Gohan asked when he noticed there was no way out. She clearly wanted something or she would have gone to the press already.
"I am going to enter the World Martial Arts Tournament and I want to fight you there." Videl answered.
"What? You might as well tell the press my secrets. They will see it in the tournament anyway." Gohan answered annoyed. "I'm not going to enter that stupid tournament."
"Fine. Then I'll just send these pictures to the newspapers. I can arrange an interview with the local newspaper. I can slip them your address. I hope Goten can control his power by now..." Videl mused thoughtfully.
Gohan closed his eyes. "Okay. Okay." Gohan muttered. "I'll enter. Was that all?" He asked as he opened them again.
"No. I want you to teach me how to fly too." Videl added. "You can fly and your new girl can fly. I want to fly too." She placed her hands on her hips as she said this. Gohan never really mentioned Kanara but Kanara was still living at Capsule Corporation and sometimes the paparazzi lurked around to catch them in a difficult position. Like the one time they were cuddling in the garden only to be printed in the newspaper under the headline: "Can you feel the love in Capsule Corp.? Bulma's godson Gohan enjoys his youth with his new girlfriend, the mystery girl." The rest of the article was devoted to stories about Kanara, who she could be, where she came from, and why she was living at Capsule Corporation. He did not want that to happen again.
"Okay. That's a deal." Gohan answered.
"Good. I'll come by tomorrow for the first lesson." Videl grinned at him before she turned away from him and walked away. Gohan groaned as he watched her go.
"This is so not fair." He complained under his breath. The half-saiyan stood silently for a few seconds, wondering how he was going to get through the tournament without being spotted.
A few hours later he landed in the garden of Capsule Corporation. He patted on Nimbus' cloudy texture and walked to the house. He found Bulma quite quickly.
"So, she wants you to enter the world tournament?" Bulma said thoughtfully. "She's still angry with you?"
"I guess. How can I enter that tournament without showing my strength?" Gohan asked.
"You can't." Bulma answered. "And she knows that. But if you fight her you can show her you are stronger than her without actually showing how much stronger you are. Just keep your power level down and you'll be fine."
"Gohan?" Kanara walked in the room. "See. I knew I felt you. I'm getting better at this." She ran to her boyfriend and they exchanged a kiss. "Why were you here without telling me?" She complained after they pulled away.
"I'm sorry. I was planning on looking for you. I just needed to run something by Bulma first." Gohan answered as he smiled at his girlfriend.
"What's that?" Kanara asked curiously. "The thing you wanted to run by Bulma." Kanara added when she noticed Gohan's confused expression.
"Oh, well. It's nothing." Gohan answered shortly.
"Oh come on. Tell me." Kanara urged.
Gohan looked at Bulma. She shrugged. "You might as well tell her now. She'll see your picture everywhere once you win." Bulma said with a nod.
"Who says he's going to win?" Vegeta stepped in the room.
"Who is possibly going to beat him?" Bulma asked as she watched her husband step closer.
"Yours truly, that's who." Vegeta answered with a smirk. "If you enter, I'll enter. Can't have you dancing around with the title of world champion when you're not the world champion, now can I?"
"Come on, Vegeta. If I fight you there they will definitely find out about my powers." Gohan said tiredly.
"Not if you keep your power down and have a painful failure against me." Vegeta grinned at the half-saiyan. "Might do you some good."
Gohan scoffed. "Right. Cheating is the only way in which you can defeat me." He countered.
"I'm entering that tournament." Vegeta said with a nod.
"I'm going to enter too!" Kanara added. "It will be fun."
Gohan placed a hand on his forehead. "We might as well ask Piccolo to enter. I will never make it out of that tournament without showing my power." He complained.
"Who cares?" Kanara asked.
"I do. I don't want to walk around at school with everyone staring at me." Gohan answered annoyed.
"Well, you were dating Videl, weren't you?" Bulma answered. "I think they were already staring at you."
"You're not helping." Gohan shot in her direction. Bulma smiled sweetly. "Nobody here is going to cut me some slack, are you?" Gohan exclaimed. Kanara grinned at him as Vegeta crossed his arms defiantly.
"This is great." Trunks said cheerfully. "Dad and Gohan are going to fight in the tournament. That's going to be quite a match."
"I think I'll enter too."
The people in the room all looked up in wonder where that voice came from. Nobody in the room uttered that sentence.
"Gohan."
Gohan looked up. "Is that you, dad?" He asked out loud. Kanara looked up in surprise.
"Unreal." Bulma muttered as she looked up.
"Kakkarot?" Vegeta asked, his eyes moved to the ceiling as well.
"It's you, isn't it?" Gohan could help but grin as he looked up.
"Hi son. It's great to hear your voice again." Goku's voice replied.
"Where is he?" Trunks asked as he looked around, searching for the source of the voice.
"This is great! Are you really coming back to compete in the tournament?" Gohan asked.
"Yeah! I'm allowed to come back for one day." Goku's voice thundered through the room. Kanara's hands tightened around Gohan's arm. "Baba checked it out for me. It appears I have a little credit. I'm excited. I can't wait to see everyone. Tell your mom that I'm coming back for a whole day."
"That's amazing." Gohan said as he looked up.
"Is he hearing voices?" Trunks asked as he looked up at his father.
"You're hearing it too aren't you?" Vegeta answered. "His father is coming back to life. Even I'm excited Kakarot at having another chance to defeat you." He spoke aloud.
"We'll see. I guess anything is possible." The sneer in Goku's voice was very evident.
"Miracles do happen."
"Miracles huh? I can't wait." Vegeta answered with a smirk.
Gohan was looking up at the ceiling. His smile slowly fading as his expression turned more serious. Kanara was about to ask him about it but Bulma interrupted her: "Gohan. After you tell your mom, you should go to master Roshi. Krillin is gonna flip when he hears."
Gohan blinked and looked at her over his shoulder, his smile present on his face again. "Right. Definitely." He answered. "Oh, hey Vegeta. We might have to wear a disguise in order to stay unknown to the public. We can't go as super saiyans. They might recognize you." Gohan said as he turned back to his mentor.
"I'm not going to disguise myself. All humans should know how superior our race is to them." Vegeta answered hotly. "If you wear a disguise I will tear it from your body when you're out there on that stage."
"I agree." Kanara answered. "Disguising our heritage is not something we do. Besides, nobody noticed your tail, did they?"
Gohan sighed. "Fine. Fine. Fine." He complained. "I give up. You win. No disguises." He said as he put up his hands.
Kanara smiled. "Before you leave, I have to show you something in my room." Kanara said cheekily.
"Oh really? Well I can't miss that, now can I?" Gohan answered with a smirk.
Kanara nodded and grabbed his hand, leading him to the hallway. Someone got in their way though. "Oh no." Vegeta grabbed Kanara's free arm. "You are going to train. Your power level is still at 200. If you don't want humans to defeat you, you have to train." Vegeta stated. He pulled her away.
"But I...Gohan… help." Kanara yelped as Vegeta pushed her into the hallway. Gohan made a face. He wanted to help her. He really wanted to. But that would probably result into him being forced into the training room with Vegeta. He'd been there before and he was not in the mood for that.
The half-saiyan looked back at Bulma. "I'll get going. I will see you tomorrow." Gohan said before he turned away from them. Bulma waved him off, watching as he disappeared in the sky, Trunks holding her hand.
"When is he coming back?" Trunks asked as he pouted. "He always stays for such a short time."
"He will back tomorrow to visit Kanara." Bulma answered. "They're fond of each other."
"She's cool but she's a girl." Trunks answered as he looked up at his mother. "Gohan is a boy so he is cooler than she is." Trunks nodded seriously when his mother sent him a smile.
"Well then. Let's hope he comes back tomorrow morning. Now let's find out if Kanara is still alive, shall we?" Bulma placed a hand on his shoulder and guided him back inside.
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Next time on Inferno's Tournament:
"So," Videl started as she wiped some invisible dust off the sleeve of her blue over-sized shirt.
"How are we going to start?" Videl asked as she looked up. "What are we going to do?"
"You can start by cancelling this meeting you have with my boyfriend." Kanara stepped away from the shadow she was hiding in.
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The following day, Gohan visited Capsule Corporation early in the morning. He briefly let his senses scan the building before moving up to Bulma's kitchen. There he smiled as he walked closer to the two women.
"Good morning you two." Gohan leaned down to give his girlfriend a kiss.
"My prince charming!" Kanara exclaimed. "Have you come to save me from academic prison?" She asked while Gohan looked at the books on the table.
"Watching Snow White definitely made you more dramatic." Bulma stated dryly.
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"What do you want, brat?"
Gohan shrugged. "I figured we could train."
"I thought you didn't want to train on a daily basis anymore. Now that you don't have to keep a certain broad secret you are not obligated to train with me anymore, right?" Vegeta's taunting eyes held Gohan's gaze. "Or maybe, now that there's a big tournament coming up you come running back to your uncle Vegeta." He managed to say those last two words with such disgust that Gohan couldn't help but smile. Goten used to call Vegeta that when the boy was very young.
Gohan took a deep breath. Even this was difficult in 500 times Earth's gravity. "We could help each other out." He suggested. "Training together benefits both of us."
"Does it? Training with me definitely benefits you but I don't see how training with a sniffling weak brat can benefit me." Vegeta responded, frowning.
"What do I have to do to get you to train with me?"
The moment Gohan saw Vegeta's face he wished he hadn't asked this question.
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Gohan was still hiding his face behind his plate. "Yeah sure, mom." He said distantly. "And, err, by the way, since dad is competing in the world championships can I enter as well?" Gohan asked quickly.
"Gohan! You've got to be kidding. You know your studies are more important than anything. What's wrong with you?" Chi-chi snarled at him.
"Mom. He's only going to be here for one day. I'll never get the chance again. I won't see him if I'm not fighting." Gohan answered annoyed. "That's how he is. He'd rather enter that stupid tournament than spend some real time with his family." Gohan stopped talking when he noticed his mother's expression.
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