It's so hot here in Connecticut...ok. crickets chirp in background Well, heres a story from me...

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"It's so hot!" complained Goten as he lay on the floor of their small country home in the middle of nowhere.

"Sorry lil' Goten, but the air conditioner is broken," apologized his mother, Chichi, as she made breakfast for her sons. "Go wake up your brother," she commanded. Goten went upstairs to wake up his older brother. Creeping into his older brother's room, the young one started jumping on the end of his brother's bed. Pillows and a thin blanket were strown about the floor of the room and a sleeping Gohan lay sweating, but fast asleep, until Goten had started jumping. Gohan was clad only in a pair of shorts.

"Wake up Gohan!" Goten shouted jumping up and down continuously, laughing all the while.

Now half asleep, Gohan shouted, "Tell mom I'll get ready for school in ten minutes!" Little Goten laughed; Gohan always said funny things when he was asleep.

"There's no school Gohan, its summer!" the little "fireball" shouted, but then fell off the bed when a pillow flew off the floor and connected him in the face. Apparently, Gohan unconsciously picked the fluffy pillow off the floor and threw it, not really thinking of where to throw; only to make the jumping bean cease action. Goten, in turn, took the pillow and threw it back at his brother. Recieving a pillow to the face, Gohan only turned over, took the pillow and put it over his head.

"Tell mom to put the air conditioner on, it's too hot to get up," muffled Gohan through his pillow.

Knowing one thing that got Gohan up throughout the school year, Goten went up to Gohan's ear and whispered, "Videl's here."

Instantly Gohan open his eyes and shouted, "Shes here! I'm not even dressed yet!" Then he jumped out of bed, knocking Goten off the bed in the process, and grabbed his orange training pants and a white t-shirt and hurridly got dressed.

"What did mom say to her?" Gohan asked pulling his shirt over his head. Goten grabbed Gohan's ankle to stop him from running out.

"I was just joking Gohan, mom wants you up and you wouldn't get up, so I just said that," little Goten pleaded.

"Don't do that!" yelled Gohan as Goten detached himself and both of them walked to breakfast.

"Good morning Gohan," smiled Chichi as she set breakfast down for her and her two sons.

"Good morning mom, why is it so hot in here?"

"The air conditioner is broken, any ideas?" questioned Chichi. Both sons shook their heads.

"Well mom that things old," said Gohan.

"I guess we'll have to get a new one."

"Hey mom," said Goten as he stuffed some eggs into his mouth.



"What is it dear?" replied his mom.

"When I went to wake up gohan-"

"Goten don't even!" threatened Gohan. Goten didn't listen; he continued.

"Gohan said tell mom I'll get up for school in ten minutes." Chichi and Goten laughed. Gohan continued to eat like nothing happened.

"And then..."

"Goten don't even," Gohan had a tell-mom-and-I'll-kill-you-look on his face. Goten shut up.

When breakfast was over Goten called Trunks and went to the central aired Capsule Corp. and Gohan helped his mom clean up. Afterward, he went outside and layed on the grass. It had to be about 98 degrees or something and boy was it humid. Haze hung around like a thin cloud of smoke making surrounding unbearable.

"So bored!" he shouted to particularly no one. Then he looked around. One large rock caught his attention and the memory of teaching Videl how to fly came to mind. Videl had thought if she stood on the rock she would learn faster. Big mistake. She fell face first onto the grass. Gohan laughed and Videl had gotten mad, but not for long.

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Gohan started laughing. 'I should train with Videl today,' the Son thought going into the house to make a phone call.

"What are you doing today?" Chichi questioned as she was cleaning.

"Nothin really, I was gonna call Videl and Train or somethin'," said Gohan as he went to his room. He retrieved his notebook in which Videl wrote her phone number and memorized it, then put the notebook away and went to make his call.

"Hello," chimed a voice from the other line.

"Hey Videl, hows your summer?" questioned Gohan.

"Gohan you jerk, schools been out for two weeks now and you haven't called me once!" shouted Videl.

"Heh...sorry Videl, its just I-"

"Been lazy," she finished.

"Well..." said Gohan.

"I've been practicing trying to fly," Videl replied.

"That's good; on the ground I hope," said Gohan as he stifled a laugh, which failed as he released a chuckle.

"It's not funny Gohan!" Videl shouted.

"No... Of course not," Gohan said trying to hide the laughter in his voice.



"Anyway, I think I really improved, want me to show you."

"So you're training hard for the tournament?"

"Yep."

"Really, I was going to ask you if you want to come over here and we could train and you could show me your improvment."

"Sure, its 8:15 A.M. so I'll be there at 8:45; is that all right?" questioned Videl.

"Sure, I'll cya then," said Gohan.

"Cya," said Videl. Both of them hung up. He turned around and Chichi was looking at him with a wow-my-son-has-a-girlfriend-look.

Ignoring it, Gohan said, "Mom is it ok if Videl comes over today?"

"Sure honey," Chichi walked away grinning. Gohan went outside and layed down on the grass, but ending up falling asleep in ten minutes.

"Gohan, you lazy bum," yelled Videl as she tapped Gohan with her foot in the stomach and he opened his eyes. Videl looked down at him. She was wearing a pair of Navy blue sweat shorts and a light blue tank top ready to train.

"Hey Videl," said Gohan getting up to a sitting position. Videl sat down next to him.

"Its so hot today," complained Videl, "And I'm so bored."

"Well, it's been the same here, except my air conditior is broken and it seems like its cooler out here than in there," replied Gohan. "So what do you want to do first, fly then train or train then fly?"

"It's up to you," said Videl, "This morning I did some training outside in my backyard."

"Then your already warmed up," said Gohan as he got into a fighting stance and powered up a little bit. They started to fight. About 25 minutes later Videl fell to the ground. Gohan powered down and went up to Videl.

"You o.k.," he questioned concerned.

"I'm just a little tired, I don't know why, but I usually don't get this tired. Just give me a moment," Videl said and put an arm over her eyes.

"I'll go get you some water," Gohan said as he ran to his house. He got two ice cold water bottles out of the refrigerator and ran back outside. When he got back outside Videl was still laying the same way she was when he left. Gohan put the water bottle to her forehead and immediately she jumped. Gohan helped her up to a sitting position. She pushed his hands away and sat up. He handed her the water bottle and she only drank a little bit.

"C'mon lets get back to training," said Videl standing up slowly.

"I think you should take it easy for a little bit," replied a concerned Gohan.



"No, I must get strong before the tournament!" argued Videl.

'Seems like Vegeta,' Gohan thought to himself.

"How come you're not sweaty or anything?" questioned Videl as she wiped her face with her hand.

"Well, I've always trained and been outside in the sun for long periods of time since I was very little and I'm part saiyan, so I guess it takes me a while to sweat or something," said Gohan. "You've sweated a lot, you sure you're ok?"

"Gohan, I'm fine," she shouted, "It's just a little headache, lets go!" Gohan hesitatly powered up; but a little lower than before and they started fighting again. Gohan noticed that Videl was weaker than before and once in a while staggered on her feet. After about five minutes, Videl just couldn't stand up anymore. She closed her eyes and fell back. In one swift movement, Gohan caught her and layed her down on the grass.

"Videl, whats wrong?" questioned Gohan worridly as he shook her shoulder.

"Gohan..." Videl said weakly, not opening her eyes.

"What is it?" he questioned eagerly.

"I feel...so light-headed and..." she put her right arm over her eyes. Gohan put a hand to her forehead.

"Get your hand off me," Videl yelled as she weakly tried to remove his hand with her left hand, but couldn't so she put her hand down.

"Videl, you're burning up! Why didn't you say anything!" yelled Gohan.

"I thought...I...felt...fine," said Videl slowly.

"Can you get to your feet?" questioned Gohan.

"I...I think..." Videl was accompanied by Gohan to getting to her feet.

"Can you walk?" questioned Gohan.

"I..." Videl fell unconscious and Gohan caught her...

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