Chapter One: Celebration

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The universe is at peace again after Goku and Vegeta defeated the notorious, evil Majin Buu. The two Saiyan Warriors headed to the look-out to meet up with everyone. As soon as Chichi saw Goku, she leapt at him with her arms opened wide.

"Goku! You did it! I am so proud of you!"

"Thanks Chichi. Although this victory doesn't belong to me, it goes to Vegeta and Hercule." Everyone stared at Goku and then glanced at Vegeta and Hercule. They returned their eyes back to Goku.

"Goku, are you feeling okay?" Chichi felt her husband's forehead and then her own. "You don't seem to have a fever."

"I'm serious. I may have been the one firing the Spirit Bomb, but Vegeta was the brains behind the whole operation. And without Hercule grabbing the people's attention, the plan wouldn't have worked and we might not be standing here right now. They are the true heroes."

Bulma found her way to Vegeta and wrapped her arms around him. "I'm so glad you are yourself, again!"

"Get your hands off of me, you brainless woman!" Vegeta shrugged his wife off of him. He doesn't like public display of affection; however, his cheeks slightly turned a rosy pink.

Krillin whispered to Yamcha, "He sure is himself again."

"I'd say." Yamcha whispered in response just as Vegeta caught them mumbling.

"What are you babbling buffoons muttering to each other?" Vegeta strode over to the two and Yamcha crouched down behind Krillin.

"Umm...Nothing!" Krillin and Yamcha squealed with apologetic expressions on their faces. Everyone started laughing.

Goku looked around and noticed Videl standing in the distance just waiting. He walked over to her and placed his hand on her shoulder.

"Gohan will be here. Don't worry." Goku said with a reassuring smile.

Videl turned around. "I know. I just want to keep watching for him. I don't want to start celebrating until he is here."

Goku put his hands on the back of his head. "I can see you have high respects for Gohan."

"How can you not? He is kind, loving, passionate, and protects the ones he cares about. When he sets his mind to something, he gets it done. No matter how hard he has to work for it." Videl didn't realize that she was rambling about Gohan.

"It sounds like you have deep feelings for him; feelings that go beyond friendship. To be young and in love...those were the good days. You two are perfect for each other."

Videl's eyes perked up. Not only did her cheeks blush, but her whole face flushed. "I don't know what you're talking about. This feeling...it's only one-sided. Gohan doesn't feel the same about me. He probably thinks of me as a sister. I probably should give up on him."

"I wouldn't be too sure about that. And it's okay to love him, being in love isn't a bad thing. You don't need to be ashamed of your feelings for him." Goku seemed to have no trouble in finding words about strong feelings like love. He spoke naturally of them.

"Thanks, Goku...Can you do me a favor and keep this a secret between you and me?" Videl looked rather bashful at the moment. She usually isn't this shy about things.

"No problem." Goku said as he turned around to go back to the others. A firm, yet gentle, hand grasped Videl's shoulder just like Goku had.

"Keep what a secret?" Videl knew exactly whose hand and voice that belonged to. She whisked around.

"Gohan!" She swung her arms around him and he did the same to her. "You idiot! Why weren't you here sooner?" She pounded her fists against his chest. She slowed her hammering down and came to a stop. She just stood in front of Gohan with her hands flat on his chest. There was a moment of silence between them.

Gohan finally answered her question. "I came here as fast as I could. I was delayed because these two guys," Gohan points toward Trunks and Goten, "wanted to check by our homes first to see if everyone was there. I told them that all of you guys would be here, but they wouldn't listen to me."

"Well, you're here now. Let's go join everyone else." Videl turned and Gohan followed, both walking towards their families and friends. Chichi sees Gohan and jumps into his arms.

"Gohan! You're alive!" Chichi got down from embracing Gohan and glanced around. "Where's my Goten?"

"And my Trunks?" Bulma questioned, coming to stand next to Chichi.

Two little boys came from behind and tugged on their mother's dresses. Bulma and Chichi turned around and immediately swept their boys off the ground.

"Mom!" Trunks and Goten gleefully exclaimed at the same time. After they hugged each other to death, Goten went to Goku and Trunks to Vegeta.

Goku did the same as Chichi and lifted his son up. "Goten, you did great today! You are becoming quite the Saiyan."

"Thanks, Dad."

Aside from Goku, Vegeta just placed his hand on Trunks head. "Welcome home, Son." Vegeta said, looking away from everyone.

"I'm glad to be home! Being in Buu's stomach wasn't much fun." Trunks complained.

Vegeta shivered as he heard 'Buu's stomach.' "Don't remind me of that sick and disgusting place."

"Sorry, Father. I didn't mean to bring back bad memories." Trunks apologized. As much as he respected his father, he feared him, too.

"HEEEEEEEYYYYYYY!" Everyone quieted and turned their eyes to the shouting seven year-old boy.

Chichi responded. "What's the matter, Goten?"

"Dad doesn't have his halo anymore!" Everybody realized that Goten was right. Goku didn't have a halo.

"Oh yeah! That's right. Old Kai gave me his life force so I could defeat Buu." Goku explained.

Chichi rampaged over to her husband. "Why didn't you say anything about this sooner?"

Goku shrugged. "I guess I thought you guys would have noticed earlier. But enough about me, let's go celebrate now! I'm starving!"


Goku and his family and friends flew to Capsule Corp to see that Bulma's mother had already prepared a feast for them because she somewhat knew they would come. There were tables and tables of food. Goku, Goten, and Trunks ran to one of the tables and started piling their plates with food. Vegeta walks in a composed manner and piles his plate up. Gohan waited for Videl to get her food first because he knew that if she didn't get it now, there might not be any left for her to have. He, too, mounded his plate with food.

"Fow! Miff. Vwief, fuu weelly ou-id fouvelf vis fime." Goku exclaimed with a bunch of food in his mouth.

"I'm sorry, Goku, I didn't catch that. What did you say?"

"Let me translate for you." Chichi got up and pounded Goku in the head. "I'm sorry my husband doesn't have enough manners to speak without food in his mouth. He said, 'Wow! Mrs. Briefs, you really outdid yourself this time.'"

"Oh! Why thank you Goku! I always try my best when it comes to cooking." Mrs. Briefs motioned Goku to have as much food as he wanted.

Plates after plates were stacked so high you could probably say it was a skyscraper. With two full Saiyans and 3 half Saiyans eating, there were bound to be more plates, too. Goku was the last one eating and he finally finished.

"I knew you guys would eat a lot. I am so glad I bought paper plates this time. Now I don't have to so many dishes." Mrs. Briefs said with a look of success.

"Good thinking, Mom. It's a pain to clean only after two Saiyans. It would be pandemonium if you had to clean after all of them. The dishes wouldn't ever stop coming."

Chichi lectured Bulma. "Lucky for you to say, Bulma. I have three I have to feed. Do you know how much food that is? A lot."

"I feel so sorry for you." Bulma sarcastically replied. After saying this remark, she stuck her tongue out at Chichi to mock her.

"You better watch where you sick that tongue, Bulma. You might have it cut off someday."

The two of them stared at each other with rays of tension beaming out of their eyes.

"Ladies, ladies…Stop the bickering." Hercule said as he stepped in between them. "You both should be grateful of your families, not criticizing their appetites."

Chichi and Bulma both looked at each other and agreed on one thing. They both sent their fists flying on Hercule's cheeks.

"What did you do that for? I was only trying to help." Hercule sat on the ground, rubbing his face.

Gohan helped him up. "Sir, it's better not to get in between these two when they are having their bickering moments. Trust me, i know from experience."

"Gohan, you're a good kid," Hercule wiped the dust off of his pants. He stood up straight and put his hand on Gohan's shoulder, "but that doesn't mean I give you permission to date my daughter."

Gohan fell over. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. Sure, he had feelings for Videl, but he never really thought about dating. He automatically assumed that they were together now. Guess not. "Sir...can we not talk about this now?" Gohan has asked Hercule many times, without Videl knowing, to date her, but Hercule always says no.

"Don't give me that. I could see it in your eyes ever since you gave my daughter one of those beans that made her completely better after her fight with Spopovich. You want to date her, right? Well, no Siree, you can't have her. Not unless you can prove you are stronger than me."

I can't believe this guy. Even after I defeated Cell and fought with Buu, he still says that I am weaker than him. Maybe I can somehow frighten him with the outcome of the match.

"That's okay, Hercule. I know I can make your daughter happy. One of these days, I will show you that I am much stronger than you, but not today. I won't even use a 1/100th of my strength, because you know very well if I use even the tiniest bit, I could kill you." I hope that got his attention.

Hercule gulped and imagined that very day when he would go face to face with Gohan. I would be road kill if I face Gohan. There is no way on Earth that my strength even compares to his. But I will not admit to that. If I don't fight him, I would be a coward. All Hercule could say was, "In your dreams, Buddy. No one can defeat me, I am the world champion."

"If you say so…I can't wait for that day." Gohan gave a kind smile and started to walk away. Someone had grabbed onto the back of his shirt.

"Wait Gohan, maybe we can compromise." Hercule was in a position that almost looked like he was begging.

"I'm listening." Gohan smiled, showing clearly that he got his way.

Hercule stood up and cleared his throat.


Here is Chapter One of Forever and a Day, my first Dragon Ball Z fanfic. I hope you all liked it. Please review on this chapter! Chapter Two will be coming soon.

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