Chapter: 1

:A New Prince

:The Party

Disclaimer: I Do Not Own Dragon Ball Z. All rights are owned by their respective owners,Toei, Toriyama, etc. This is purely a fanfictional work done by a simple fan done for fun. I do no get profit from this in any way.

As Goku and his family left the Papaya Island in the night sky in their little yellow airbus, with the World Tournament having ended and it was now dark out and they were making their way back home. Goku looked back from his pilot seat and looked to see both of his sons fast asleep in the back seat. With Chi-Chi holding their youngest, little baby Goten who was cradled and sleeping his cute little baby sleep. And next he found with Gohan himself also nodding off while leaning off his mother's shoulder with his still freshly won World Tournament Championship Belt still wrapped around his waist. Goku couldn't help but smile with pride at seeing that. "Should we wake him up for now?" asked Chi-Chi, as she looked to her oldest with a look of loving care. "No, he's had a pretty long day today. And I think tomorrow will be just as long for him. Let him have his rest." said Goku affectionately and with pride as he looked to his son. And then he went back to driving them through the night sky and on to home.

The next day was Gohan's birthday, and when he woke up the next morning, he awoke to a traditional happy birthday greeting from his parents. And after a great birthday breakfast his parents took him to what they said was to visit his granpa. Gohan had never been to his granpa's, the Ox-King's, place before in his life. But he wondered why his parents were taking him there now? But when he'd asked them why they were taking him there all he was told was 'It was for his birthday surprise.' And while he wondered about the little secrecy his parents were enacting, he wasn't about to look a gift horse in the mouth if he couldn't help it. And afterall he didn't mind the trip.

But when they finally got there, boy was he ever surprised by what he'd found. He'd never imagined that his grandfather actually lived in a grand old white castle surrounded by a village like the ones he'd seen in fairytales. But although he was told long ago about his grandfather's past and although people around him was still calling him the Ox-King. Gohan always just thought of him as his grampa and didn't actually think he still lived like this after all these years. And also judging by the casual way he'd dressed and acted whenever he'd visited him and his family. But then again that would explain all the slightly extravagant gifts his grampa always brought with him, if he still lived like this.

"Goku, Chi-Chi and Gohan! It's so good to see that you've made it. Oh and by the way, happy birthday my boy." merrily greeted the Ox-King once they'd made it through inside. Gohan meantime, was still overwhelmed by the sheer size and extravagance of the place once they were inside and they had gone through the halls. They'd made their way to a grand dinning hall where the Ox-King had greeted them at a table. "Grampa! Thank you, but I still can't believe at this place!? Grampa, you live in this place?" Gohan spit out from himself, still mesmerized by the place. "Heheh, why thank you my boy. I'm glad that you seem to like it, because it happens to be part of thr reason we've brought you here." said the Ox-King with a merry chuckle. "What!?" spit out Gohan. At that point they all sat down at the table to join the Ox-King.

"Well let me get down to the point. The reason we brought you here is because I, or rather I should say we, have decided to make you my official heir to my kingdom and making you the Prince of the Ox Kingdom." happily informed the Ox-King. To say that this took Gohan by surprise would be an understatement. First he discovers that his grandfather has a kingdom of his own, or rather that to say he's still running it, but that he's in fact going to be the prince and heir to this kingdom, and all on his birthday. It was a little much to take. "But, but, but, but, but, BUT why me!? Shouldn't that be my dad? Or that my mum could run things?" stuttered out Gohan, desperate to find some way out of this. "Now, we all know your dad is a fine fellow with a good heart, but you can't seriously expect Goku to be running a country do you? And your mother, well... to put it bluntly, as much as I would expect her to run things as smoothly with this country as she would in the household. Buuuuuuuuut, you know her temper and I'm afraid that it would cause far too many problems." explained the Ox-King, trying to be careful with his words about his daughter. Chi-Chi remained cross armed with a scowl on her face with her eyes shut and with her eyebrow twitching, but otherwise she didn't say anything. Or rather to say that she couldn't say anything to rebuttal because she herself knew that he was right, much to her own annoyance, so she let him off the hook and suppressed her emotions as much as she could.

While Gohan didn't want the job but he had to say that the alternatives weren't better. His father was a bit too much of dunce at times to run a country and his mother was much too easily aggravated for her to deal with politics. "Well, I guess you're right. Mom would be too much at odds with everybody and I can't imagine dad running the country at all. But still why choose me?" asked Gohan. "Why on heavens sake would you not be? I've been making this decision over a long time, and after what I saw you do yesterday in the tournament, I was convinced that you had all the qualities that would be needed for someone to run the kingdom. You're very kindhearted just like your father so you would be kind and good for the people. And after what you did yesterday with winning at the World Martial Arts Tournament yesterday you've proven yourself to be pretty much the strongest guy in the world so who better to protect the kingdom. But also most of all, you may be a little young still but you're very level headed for a boy your age so I know you could handle the politics and some of the tough decisions. I certainly couldn't trust anyone else in my family with that. And I can't find any reason why I wouldn't want you to be inheriting my kingdom. Happy birthday my boy." explain the Ox-King, giving his reasons for his decision. For all that Gohan wanted to protest the decision, he had to admit that his logic was sound and that realistically he was only choice for the job. "Alright, fine I'll do it." submitted Gohan, and while he still didn't want the responsibility to having to run a whole kingdom in the future, he at least had the consolation of knowing that it was still far in the future. And with that the matter was settled.

A little bit later, Gohan found himself standing atop a tall balcony on the side of the castle, overlooking the village with his grandfather about to address a mass of people down below. "My friends, subjects, fellow countrymen, today is a day for great celebration. Today I have just declared that from now on, my grandson Gohan will be your new prince! He has agreed to be the new official heir to my kingdom. Yesterday he competed in the World Martial Arts tournament and he came back to you as the World Tournament Champion. He brought back to us the World Tournament Championship for you and he has decided that with his powers he will help protect you all! But that's not all, for today marks my grandson's twelfth birthday! So as a birthday present see to it that my grandson gets a celebration to remember!" addressed the Ox-King in a rousing speech. The villagers responded with massive cheers as they heard this news. 'Wow, grandpa came sure deliver a rousing speech.' thought Gohan. Shortly thereafter his grandfather put his hand on Gohan's back and gently gestured for the boy to move up and address the crowd. Gohan just nervously grinned and waved to the crowd. The crowd cheered even more massively at the sight of their new prince. Gohan thought that this was insane! He was getting a whole kingdom for a birthday present! "Well... this is about the biggest birthday present anyone could give me." said Gohan, mostly to himself and in a mostly sarcastic tone.

Most of the rest of the day was consisted of parades and other festivities in the town as the citizens celebrated wildly and joyously at their new young prince along with his title win. Later in the day consisted of most of their personal friends, the Z-Fighters and so forth, coming over and them celebrating a private party with themselves in the castle. Dipping in the pool and enjoying the luxury of the accomodations and mostly having fun and so forth. Great fun was had by all during this daytime celebration.

But then when evening came and it became after dark, that was when a ball was thrown. It was a true ball in a true ball room that was made in the castle and it was organised with many celebrities and rich people coming from the city to attend and as well as many people from the local village that were invited. It was a true gala event as people were wearing fancy tuxedoes and dresses and with a punchbowl and with the ball room being encased by giant windows that showed the beautiful night sky outside on this glamorous occasion.

Gohan himself was wearing a fancy white princely uniform shirt with fancy golden yellow epaulettes and with three white straps going horizontally over his chest like the kind he'd see those fancy princes wear in balls in the movies and with blue uniformed pants. One would have to say that Gohan looked like a real prince from out of the fairytale stories in this suit. They said it made him look more handsome in it, but truth be told Gohan kinda felt silly in it. But his mom thought it was cute and apparently so did some of the other women. But mostly some of the young girls around his age who were attending the ball and that he could overhear whispering to each other, apparently thought that it made him look very handsome. And while Gohan felt a little embarrassed, he couldn't help but to feel at least a little flattered by all the attention he was getting from all the female folk. But truth be told he wished this night would end so he could get out of his silly suit, but he had to stomach it for just a little bit longer. For his mom, for the occasion and for everyone else who were having a good time, he would bare it.

But then, things finally shifted for Gohan when he noticed that a very special guest had arrived. "H-hey Gohan... " awkwardly greeted Videl. She was in a fancy purple and white chinese dress ensemble that was, well... maybe more fancy for her but for the rest of the more fancyful audience it was quite plain. (A/N: Basically she's wearing a white and purple version of the battle dress that Sakura Haruno wears in the first part of Naruto. The main color of the dress is white with the lines on the trimmings being purple and the bike shorts she wears are also purple. And instead of shinobi sandals, Videl is wearing chinese style slipper shoes.) And while it wasn't as impressive or fancy like the other girls dresses that he'd seen tonight, but for Videl to wear them it made her look soooo beautiful in Gohan's eyes. They were modest enough for her more normal style, while fancy and different enough for a fancy occasion like this. Gohan was very impressed.

"H-hey Videl... boy you sure look pretty tonight." said Gohan, trying to hide a small blush. "T-thanks Gohan, I have to say that this really isn't my style. But I'm glad you like it. Though I've gotta say that you really don't look so bad yourself." said Videl back, herself fighting back a blush. "Really? You think so?" asked Gohan, feeling a little bashful at that. "Yeah, even I've gotta admit that that suit makes you look really handsome." complimented Videl, putting emphasis on the 'really' part. It was clear that they were both feeling equally awkward at being dressed up fancy for each other. Little did each of them knew that the only reason that they'd each agreed to dress up fancy was in the case that the other would se them in it. Gohan couldn't help but feel like he could melt at having Videl thinking that he was handsome. Out of all the other girls in the world, Videl's was the only opinion where he felt he wanted to look handsome for. Though he didn't know exactly why. Though the same thing could be said of Videl and having Gohan thinking she was pretty. And she too didn't know exactly why. But to anyone else the answer was simple, it was a case of pre-teenage love.

"So what are you doing here?" asked Gohan. "Well... Me and my dad we were both invited, but my dad was held up by having to answer for the whole lying and fraud thing all day. But I wouldn't have missed this for the world so my dad ended up wanting to let me go and so he decided to act like a distraction and keep most of the media's attention on him while we have this party. What my dad did may have been wrong, but he's still a good man. So here I am, happy birthday." explained Videl before giving a small happy birthday hug. After that they just sorta chatted and hung out together and started walking around and mingling with the crowd.

After a few short minutes walking together, Gohan spotted a pair of familiar faces. "Krillin! 18!" Gohan called out. And it was indeed Krillin and Android 18, with Krillin wearing a nice tux and 18 wearing a nice strapless dress with them being arm in arm with each other, 18 had a bored look on her face as usual. "Hey guys!" replied Krillin as they came around to them. "Hey! What are you guys doing here?" asked Gohan, although he could already make a pretty good guess as to why. "Well, long story short, we're here on a date. You see after we sorta skipped out you at the tournament, which sorry to miss, I heard it was a real barn burner though! We then sorta heard about this party and figured it would be a perfect place for a date and so here we are. Which by the way, great party, congratulations my man!" answered and complimented Krillin. "Thanks, I hope you enjoy the party." replied Gohan. "Will do bro." acknowledged Krillin weith a thumbs up. "Let's just go somewhere else Krillin, I'm starting to get bored." said Android 18, then starting to drag Krillin. Gohan and Videl sorta felt a little sorry for him, but then shrugged and went back to the party.

Krillin and 18 had just separated from the two kids when all of a sudden Krillin seemed to spot someone out in the crowd. "Oh no! Not her!" muttered Krillin. "What?" questioned 18, wondering about what or who he'd seen. Low and behold Krillin spotted his old girlfriend Maron, who was apparently attending to the party as well. Now Krillin knew that having the old girlfriend and the new girlfriend meet could probably end up going bad for him. But before he could pass it off that he had seen anybody and otherwise shoo himself and 18 away, Maron spotted them. "Oh Krillin!" exclaimed Maron as she then ran over and quickly snatched him up and greeted Krillin with a bone crushing hug that sandwiched him directly in the middle of her cleavage while 18 could only look on in indignation.

However, Krillin managed to quickly unhook himself and push himself out of the hug. "Uh? Heheh, it's nice to see you too Maron." said back Krillin while tidying himself up to try to look more dignified. "Um Krillin? Who is this?" asked 18, trying to keep her contempt from her voice. "Um!? 18 I'd like to introduce you to Maron, she's kindu've my ex-girlfriend. Maron this is 18, she's sorta my date for tonight." Krillin introduced between them, trying to keep the situation as civil as possible. Maron sort of looked up and down at 18, seeming to give her a quick glance to appraise her, while 18 did the same. But just as quick as Maron had given her appraisal, she seemed to dismiss her. "So you have a new girlfriend now? Well, I guess I should say that congradulations. You must be so lucky, you've managed to find yourself a very pretty looking older lady." Maron said sweetly. Now honestly she was trying innocently enough to give her way of a compliment, but unfortunately it came off as something else. "Excuse me?" snapped 18 indignantly. 'Oh snap! Uh Oh! This isn't good!' thought Krillin in a panic.

"Oh well... I guess I'll just have to keep myself entertained with my many boyfriends from now on." sighed Maron. "You have many boyfriends!?" spat out 18, surprised at this revelation, as was Krillin. "Oh sure, I have so many on hand all the time. They're all so sweet I couldn't choose between them all! Although Krillin was a nice guy, he was sweet and all. In fact I don't think I've ever loved a guy quite like him. But a girl like me can't be tied down to just one sweet guy." continued Maron. Now seriously, this girl was seriously getting under 18's skin. I mean sure she could admire a girl for having multiple boyfriends. And with the way this Maron girl sounded, it sounded like it was A LOT! But the way she sounded so ditzy and scatterbrained about it, and even 18 stopped the line at stringing along multiple guys all at once, that was just wrong. Okay, it was official, there was something seriously wrong about this girl that was seriously grating on her nerves. Krillin could tell by the look of pure anger with the clenched teeth and the twitching of the mouth and the eyes, that 18 wasn't happy. But it was clear that 18 was holding herself back seriously. Because otherwise Maron would be a smear on the wall by now.

Krillin had to act fast if he was to prevent a scene like that from happening. "Uh, Maron? I think now might be the time to quit while your ahead." nervously spilt out Krillin. Maron however, clearly not recognizing the danger, just flicked her hair and scoffed away. "Ah fooey, you guys are no fun. But anyway Krillin, I guess it's for the best if we split up. I guess you wouldn't have been good enough for me anyway if all you have to settle for is an older lady." brushed off Maron as she turned her back and made to walk away.

Oops, WRONG MOVE Maron, veiled insults against BOTH Android 18 AND Krillin and all in the same sentence? BAD MOVE!? Now 18 could handle some rude remarks by some ditzy bimbo who knew nothing about what she was talking about. But him not good enough for her? In 18's opinion, this non-blond airhead was clear not good enough for him! And she was casting him out like he was trash? NO ONE treated HER Krillin like that, he was her man and that was that dammit! And so the next thing anyone knew, Maron lay flat stretched across on her back on the wall on the other side of the room, her eyes rolling around stupidly, courtesy of Android 18's fist. "You know, I'm the one who broke off with her." said Krillin, trying to score bonus points with 18 while he had the chance as they walked away from the scene. "Good move. I didn't like her. That girl was nothing but trouble." replied 18 in her cold tone, they then went on to enjoy the rest of their evening.

The rest of the evening went on smoothly after that little episode. Eventually the evening led to the opening of the presents, and believe you me there was a MOUNTAIN of presents. The were all stacked up high and went up like a tower til they went nearly up to the ceiling. They were gifts that were mostly donated by the rich and fancy people who attended the party. Although some of those were pretty nice and expensive top quality stuff, they were mostly things that Gohan had no business for or interest in having because none of those rich people knew what he wanted. Although some were things that he wanted, but those were few and far between because some of them were just bound to get them right due to law of averages. But the few presents that did come from his friends were all great and uniquely special just for him because they actually knew what his likes and dislikes were. And besides, because it was the thought that counts those that were from his friends were just uniquely special because they were from them, his friends. Although one present in particular, namely a magazine by Master Roshi, wasn't so well received, and was particularly frowned upon by the female population present.

But as Gohan went through his gifts, there were two figures that stood watching and glowering in the corners. One figure was Brody, the son of Broly, who was growling with teeth clenched as he stood in the corner with his arms crossed, as he'd stood there all evening. Obviously looking on, jealous at seeing his rival was getting a princely title and getting all this attention to boot. But meanwhile, in another corner stood Vegeta, and while he stood displeased too, his wore a different expression altogether. He was recalling all his times with Gohan, yesterday and today giving all too much cause for him to be reflective about things. That even though at the tournament tha he had been able to finally match up to his rival and fight Goku to a draw in their match, Goku still managed to somehow go on to move on to the finals and Gohan managed to get out an even greater performance out of his father than even he himself could. He thought about how it was Gohan and not he the Prince of All Saiyans or anyone else who defeated Broly, The Legendary Super Saiyan himself. And the before that it was Gohan who ascended first to the true second level of the Super Saiyan and beat Cell. And before all of that it was Gohan himself who gave the final blow to him on Earth when he'd first come to this planet and it was because of his powers that they'd lasted long enough for him to be defeated in the first place. In fact when he'd first heard about Gohan's initial reading when Raditz was facing them on Earth, even HE The Prince of All saiyans couldn't boast about being born with a 1400 level power. If Gohan had been born on Planet Vegeta and they'd received that rating, he would've been placed in the Super Elites of their race right off the bat. It was at this thought that Vegeta smirked, he didn't need feel bad about losing to one who's heritage actually matched his own, Goku however was still another story, but for now, the kid deserved what he got right now.

At that, Vegeta then made his way over to Brody, seeing as how he was glowering like he was a moment ago. "You feeling angry about this?" asked Vegeta. "More than you can ever know. So he's a little prince now, so what? I'm still the son of The Legendary Super Saiyan. It doesn't matter, I'll still defeat him someday." replied Brody, speaking like a moody teen. Vegeta however just smirked, sensing a kindred spirit in this kid. "That's what I like to hear. Tell you what kid? Why don't you come over to my place and we'll train together to beat those two? Kakarot and his son. I can always use another sparring partner." suggested Vegeta. Brody just glanced up at him and then smirked. Vegeta would take that as a yes.

But meanwhile, the evening wore on and eventually the presents were all done. But as the evening wore on, Gohan started to overhear conversations by girls that were making him feel more and more uncomfortable, especially in the presence of Videl being nearby. "Oh, he is so dreamy." he heard one girl say to her friend. "Yeah, you know I heard that they're saying that he's the kid who really beat Cell and saved the world. He's like a real life knight in shining armor. A real prince charming." said the other girl to the first girl. "Really? Well I heard from a girl who was actually at the tournament yesterday. And she said that he lost his shirt in one of the fights and that he was totally buff under there. She said that he looked like a bodybuilder and that he was the sexiest boy she'd ever seen." said another girl. "Oh man, really? He is too dreamy. What a prince charming." said one of the girls. A round of giggles could be heard after that. Needless to say this made Gohan feel very nervous, hearing this from behind his back with his super hearing, and having to hearing things like this all night.

And while Gohan had been hearing these things all night, but eventually a couple of girls grew bold and finally came up to him while Videl was temporarily separated from him. "Hey there, so you're the birthday boy?" greeted one of two pretty girls. "Hey there, nice to meet you." politely greeted Gohan. "So? We hear that you're a pretty 'big boy' on campus. Has anyone ever told you that that uniform makes you look very handsome." spoke one of the girls. "So I've been hearing this by people all night. So yeah, someone has told me." said Gohan, sounding oblivious to her flirting. "Really? So what do you think about it?" asked the other one of the girls. "Well, to be honest I don't really like this uniform. I feel it's silly on me and is really uncomfortable to be in. I wouldn't mind taking it off." answered Gohan, not realizing the mistake in context he'd made just then. Then, at that point for some reason he didn't know why, but then they got this look for him like they were hungry for meat or something. "Well then... if you'd be willing to go out to a room together? I wouldn't mind showing you the differences between boys and girls. That is if your a 'curious' little boy?" whispered the girl in his ear. "So, you've got some kind of chart or something on you?" asked Gohan, sounding completely innocent and oblivious to her insinuation. Now in reality Gohan pretty much managed to get the gist of that piece of innuendo, even though he didn't quite get all of it. But Videl would've killed him if he'd have accepted.

But at that point, that was when Videl herself came storming in. You see she had been secretly keeping tabs on the whole conversation with her own super hearing, and I mean ALL of the conversation. "Sorry girls, but this boy is already taken." angrily spat off Videl, giving off a glare that could melt ice at the girls while she came between them and grabbed Gohan. "V-V-Videl Satan!? We-we had no idea!" sputtered one of the surprised, instantly recognizing it for what it was and immediately backing off. Both girls then immediate scurried off, not wanting to mess with the daughter of Mr. Satan who could easily kick their asses. But meanwhile, Videl took Gohan by the the arm she'd grabbed and started dragging him off away from the party and off to somewhere where she deemed "safe". And that unfortunately ended the night for Gohan at the party.

Author's Final Thoughts: Well here's the beginning of the last part of my official story. I hope you enjoy everything. And so Gohan is a real prince now and it looks like the Prince Of All Saiyans is going to have some little competition from now on. There was an idea for me to include a musical number with Gohan and Videl dancing to Lady Gaga's Just Dance. But I ended up having to reject it since I don't feel that music mixes well in literature for me and I don't think I could've done I good job of conveying it for you guys. Oh well, I guess it'll just have to stay in my head. But anyway I hope you enjoy the celebrating as the next chapter could prove to be steamy.