Sorry that its been a while since I've updated... Some things happened at school and i got distracted.
I don't have much to say about this chapter just that there might be a few typos because I didn't review it as many times as I did the other chapters. But I did go through it a few times so there shouldn't be that many, it any.
Enjoy! =D
Gohan was happily enjoying his dream. He was strolling in his favorite part of the forest in the 439 mountain area with Videl's hand in his own. They had a comfortable silence as they walked, only listening to the birds chirping and the leaves rustling above their heads.
One thing that caught Gohan's attention in the dream was that Videl had let her hair down. Even at the dance, she had her hair in a tight bun. Different from the usual messy pigtails, yet it still disappointed Gohan to not see it natural. She looked really beautiful he noted. But he also knew that it was a dream, but Gohan decided that he was going to remember this dream so that he could actually live it sometime soon.
The couple paused in front of a calm and peaceful stream. Videl removed her sandals and started pulling Gohan into the water, giggling the whole time. He grinned in response to her and was prepared to follow her pull.
"Brat!" Came the sudden voice.
Gohan, even though still in his dream, heard the voice clearly. But he chose to ignore it as he followed his girlfriend into the water.
"Brat!" Screamed the same voice, louder and followed by a strong gust of chilly wind.
The teenaged Saiyan was now fully pulled away from his dream. He rolled over on his bed, and tried to find sleep once more.
It seemed like whomever had been shouting at Gohan had lost his patience and therefore picked the semi-asleep teen from his bed. A very irritated Vegeta held Gohan up by the collar of the white T-shirt he had worn to sleep. The Saiyan Prince glared at the boy in his grasps.
"Brat!" He shouted again. This time even louder and right in his face.
Gohan didn't even have time to process what the smell of the older man's breath was like. But he knew that it was unpleasant. "What...?" He responded. His voice was tired and slightly uneven.
Vegeta gave the tinniest sign of approval to see his target finally awake. "Is what the woman said true? Did my brat and your brat of a brother come here from the future?" Vegeta asked. Though it was nowhere near as loud as his previous words, his voice was still at a high volume, not to mention angry.
The young demi-Saiyan let out a long yawn and scratched that back of his head before replying with a short "Yeah."
The Prince immediately let go of Gohan's shirt and flew off using the open, and apparently broken, window as his exit. The young teen was left standing in the middle of his own room, still half asleep. He opened a single eye to check the clock. It was still six in the morning. Why the hell would Vegeta be up at six in the morning?
It didn't matter. Gohan fell back onto his bed, face first, and resumed sleeping. Luckily for him, it didn't take him too long to fall asleep, but the cold breeze on his back didn't help his dream. What he expected to be a continuation of the happy stroll with Videl ended up being memories of his days training with Piccolo and his father. They were at the peaks of the mountains that surrounded his home, all covered in snow.
Though Gohan did enjoy reliving those moments with his father, and the times where Piccolo would train him as if he didn't care wether he lived or died, it was still too damn cold! The memories continued until he was thrown off the snowy cliff and the feeling of free-fall caused him to bolt upright on his bed.
Gohan's eyes shot open as he expected to feel cold and pain, but was only greeted with the chilly, yet not freezing, breeze. His onyx eyes met his little brother's. Goten was standing at the doorway of his room. Judging by his stance, it appeared as if he was just about to pounce on him. After a short pause, Goten did indeed jump on top of his older brother.
The rest of the day proceeded with a relative calmness. After breakfast, Gohan went on his usual run and then returned to help his mother clean the house. After lunch, he played with Goten and then went shopping for groceries with his mother. While his mother began the preparations for dinner, he and Goten went to the river to catch some fish to re-stalking their fish freezer.
The teenaged demi-Saiyan even decided to go to bed early so he could have a decent amount of sleep after being interrupted for two days in a row. However, morning arrived all too soon for the young teen. Before he knew it, Goten was once again bouncing on top of his stomach. He also noted that his stomach felt fairly empty.
Gohan didn't even bother to knock his brother away. He just sat upright and the abrupt movement caused the little boy to fall on the floor. Gohan blinked once. Then twice. Suddenly, he swung his feet over the edge of his bed and marched to the kitchen still half asleep. With Goten still chuckling on the floor of his bedroom.
In boxers and a white T-shirt, the demi-Saiyan stuffed his face as if he hadn't eaten for the past month. A few seconds after, his younger brother joined him in the epic chow down. Chichi was shaking her head the whole time as she watched her two boys eat.
Gohan managed to get himself awake after the meal. He thanked his mother and went to take a shower and prepare himself for the school day that was to come. Wearing dark jeans and a plain black T-shirt, Gohan flew off to Satan City.
The cool wind on his face allowed him to completely awaken his senses and bring that traditional Son smile to his face. Just thinking of seeing his girlfriend after those two days they were apart really pepped him up for the day.
Just as soon as Satan City came into view, the raven haired teen felt his girlfriend's ki. Through her ki, Gohan perceived that she was in some sort of danger, or she felt stressed or under pressure at the very least. He rushed with all his speed in her direction to find that she was in fact in danger.
On a usually not very busy street, there lay a faded red van in a more horizontal angle compared to the street. The doors at the back of it were wide open with one man still halfway inside the van. One other man lay on the passenger door of the van also only halfway inside of it. Both men were armed with very large and deadly looking guns.
Another thing caught Gohan's attention. On the other side of the same street, there lay a total of, Gohan paused to count, nine police cars. And in between the cars and the van there lay about a dozen officers with large shields and a teenage girl.
To Gohan's displeasure, the girl was on the opposite side of the collection of shields from the officers, yet she still faced the crooks with anger in her face. The demi-Saiyan couldn't care less who those men were or what the hell they did to get the police to chase after them, but his Videl was in danger and she was going to do something about it.
Without even a second thought, he fell from the sky with more speed than simple free-fall would allow and crushed into the head of the man who was poking out of the back doors. Within mere seconds, he managed to knock out the man who was at the passenger door as well as also the driver. His onyx eyes showed only anger.
At least he managed to stop himself from actually killing any of those men. After knocking out the third man, Gohan sighed and took a few more deep breaths to calm himself, even if it was only a bit. Feeling his heart rate slow down to a more regular pace for him, he jumped that van to land right in front of Videl.
"Morning Videl!" Gohan said, smiling down at her.
Videl looked at him and blinked. It took a few seconds for her brain to process that there was no more danger and that she was now free to let her guard down. "Oh hey Gohan." She told him, now returning the smile. "Nice timing."
Gohan grinned and scratched the back of his head. "So what's up with those guys? What'd they do?" He asked, now curiosity in his voice.
"Them?" Videl said. "I think they robbed a bank and got away with it. Then they started driving like lunatics before we managed to stop them. It was causing the police for trouble to get them into custody so they called me." Then her expression slightly fell. "I really couldn't help at all."
Gohan's good mood took a big blow. "Sorry Videl." He said in a whisper so only she could hear. "Usually I'd wait to see if you could handle it, but I don't know... I was just scared that you were in trouble that I rushed into it before analyzing anything." The sadness was quite clear in his voice.
"Don't worry about it Gohan!" Videl said, now much more cheerful than she was a few seconds ago. "It just proves that I need to get a lot stronger!" She chuckled a bit while grinning at him.
The demi-Saiyan simply smiled at his girlfriend. Then he looked towards one of the police officers that was furiously writing down on a pad as his co-workers walked passed him while dragging the three thugs. "Will that be all sir?" Gohan asked him.
The man looked up from his pad at the sound of the teenager's voice. "Ah, yes. Thank you so much for your help!" Gohan smiled at him and then took Videl in his arms. He flew them closer to the school and then allowed her to walk on her own.
The couple began happily talking about their weekends. Videl was enthusiastically retelling her memory of how she had easily beaten her father in a friendly spar yesterday. Of course, no one had been present to watch the events, and even if they were they would have probably figured that the 'Champ' had let his daughter win to boost her own motivation.
Gohan laughed along with her. But deep inside, he was really happy that she had managed to forgive her father for lying to her and that she was able to bond with him once more.
Videl then began to curiously ask Gohan if anything interesting happened for him during the weekend.
"Well..." Gohan said, drawing out the word as he thought. "I guess Vegeta's return was the only big thing." he finally said nonchalantly.
Videl suddenly skidded to a stop. Gohan took a few more stops forward until he felt that there was a missing heat source from beside him. He turned to see that she had stayed behind him, completely frozen.
The demi-Saiyan grew confused. Had he said something wrong? "Umm, Videl?" he asked. He completely turned his body and walked back those few steps that he had gone on without her. He now stood in front of her, slightly looking down for their eyes to meet. Gohan used his right hand to brush a few strands of her slightly messy raven hair from her face and tuck it behind her ear. "Are you okay?" he finally asked.
She numbly nodded. After an extended period of silence, Videl finally spoke "Sorry, its just that I'm a little scared to meet him after everything that everyone's said about him." She smiled weakly at him.
Gohan chuckled and kissed her lightly on her lips. "Don't worry about it, he's harmless." He winked one eye at her and his grin widened. "At least when I'm around her is."
Videl couldn't help but giggle at her boyfriend's confidence and antics. After her giggled calmed she spoke once more "You don't know that for sure!" She said as she laughed a little more.
Gohan visibly pouted at that. "Is your confidence in my really that low?" He said solemnly, though Videl was sure that he was just kidding. Then he broke out into a grin "Well, for your information, I fought him on Saturday and to be quite frank, I kicked his ass." He now righted his posture slightly and stuck out his chin to fake arrogance.
Videl broke out in a fit of laughter after seeing his act. "You should consider being an actor!" She exclaimed as she whipped a tear from her eye that had grown from all the laughing she was doing.
"Nah," Gohan responded as he took her hand and continued walking towards that school, still at a slow pace though. "I don't really need the money."
As the couple continued walking and joking around, Videl noticed something out of the ordinary. She focused more to see what it what yet she couldn't identify it. She furrowed her eyebrows as she asked "Gohan, what's that thing behind you?"
