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Note: I do plan on doing the Tournament (Goku will be making an appearance, or atleast that's what I have planned so far), but somethings will be changed up considering that I'm not going to be using any Buu stuff here.

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Chapter 4: The Talk

As soon as Videl figured out that it was Gohan in the video, she immediately shut it off. She needed some time to think, and seeing one of her friends get hurt wasn't going to help.

Videl turned off the computer and went to lay down and think about everything she just saw. 'I knew there was something strange about you Gohan, but I never expected this. You told me that you trained since you were four, and now I know you weren't lying. Even if I don't understand why you still hang out with that one guy, I think I understand you a bit better now.' With that final thought, she fell asleep, not even bothering to do her homework or watch the other tournament.

Videl spent the weekend thinking over everything she saw and how she would approach Gohan about it at school on Monday. She knew that it could turn into a very emotional talk with him, but she felt like she needed to do it. Her persistence of finding out Gohan's secrets was wrong, and after seeing what happened, Videl knew she had to apologize for doing so. She would understand if he decided to stay away from her, but she still felt as if she needed to do it.

Gohan woke up early Saturday morning to get in some training. He had been training for the last seven years, so he was much stronger than when he faced Cell.

The weekend passed by quickly for everyone, and before they all knew it, the students of Orange Star High School were sitting down in their respective class rooms.

Today, Gohan was in his boring math class. He would be taking notes, but he learned all of this stuff when he was 10.

There was something different about today though. Usually, Gohan was being glared at the entire class by Videl, who had a hint of suspicion in the look. Today though, he was either not receiving the glare at all, or he was being glared at, but not by a suspicious Videl, but by a Videl filled with what seemed like pity…towards him? 'What happened to her? She's looking at me differently today. I can't say I'm mad about her not giving me her usual death stares, but something seems wrong. I better go talk to her at lunch or something.' He smiled at her, and then proceeded to write a note to her asking to talk at lunch.

Videl grabbed the note from Gohan and opened it so that only she could read it.

Videl, is there something wrong? You seem…different today. Do you want to talk about it during lunch?

Videl knew this would be one of the only chances she had to do this, so she accepted. She turned to him and nodded her head to show she agreed. Both of them then turned back to the class.

The next few periods went by quickly and it was finally the last period: chemistry. Chemistry was the most boring subject for the students, especially because of the teacher. He could put just about anyone, even the nerds, to sleep by talking for a few minutes. Gohan dozed off before he could even remember what class he was in.

When Gohan woke up, there were only about five minutes left of class until lunch time. He glanced around the classroom; about half of the class was asleep, and the teacher was too caught up in his lecture to realize it. He suddenly remembered that he forgot to tell Videl something. He wrote a quick note and handed it to Videl; the teacher obviously didn't see anything.

Videl took the note from Gohan and started reading:

Hey Videl, sorry to bother you again. Meet me on the roof whenever you're ready, and be prepared to stay there for the entire period. I have a feeling this might take a while…

Videl nodded to him again to show that she understood, and then rested her head, just like all the other kids in the class.

Five minutes later, everybody was woken up by the bell, signaling the end of class. The class exited the room and went to go get their lunch. Gohan quickly got his and went up to the roof. He could tell that this was going to be important.

Gohan de-capsulized his lunch and began eating. When he was about half was done with it, Videl showed up; she was looking a bit depressed.

"Hey Gohan," she said.

"Oh, hi Videl. Come join me," said Gohan, still devouring the food.

"Thanks." She sat down next to him just as he finished eating.

"Okay, now what's wrong? You don't seem like youself today."

"Before I tell you, I want to apologize for snooping on you and for doing what I did the other night."

"Okay…apology accepted. Now, what happened?"

"Do you remember at the mall when you saw some people you knew? Remember when we were leaving and one of them muttered something under their breath?"

Gohan gulped. He remembered it clearly. "Yes, I remember. Why?"

"Well, having never heard the word before, I was curious about it. I did some research about it later that night. I must say that it was harder to find than I had thought."

'What could she have possibly found on Saiyans? I don't think there's any record of them anywhere, other than Capsule Corporation probably.'

"Well, after about an hour of searching, I finally found something, something that happened many years ago. Thirteen years ago to be exact."

Gohan tried to remember back thirteen years. He remembered meeting Bulma, Krillin, and the rest of the gang. Then he remembered meeting Raditz and the events of that. 'She couldn't mean what happened with Raditz. No one else was around for that and only we knew about it. If it wasn't him, who was it?' He thought back some more, and then it hit him: Vegeta and Nappa. 'How could I have forgotten? That was my first real fight, and was also televised for the first half of it. I'm sure something got out about the whole thing. That must be what she's talking about, but what did she find out?'

He finally answered her. "I assume that you mean the two aliens coming to Earth."

"Yes." She looked down. "Look Gohan, I know this might be hard for you to talk about, but I need to talk to someone about it, and you are the only person who I can talk to it about. I read an article on the thing, and after more searching, I found a very disturbing video."

'So I see the video did get sent out. I wonder how, considering Nappa just about destroyed any press that came near. This might be an interesting conversation. I wonder if she knew it was me there.' "Videl, it's not hard for me to talk about at all. Now, I can only assume that the video you are talking about showed the first part of what happened, considering what happened afterwards. It must've been hard to find. After all, it wasn't the brightest day in history, and I know it wasn't released to the public."

"It wasn't. I have access to police files since I work with them; they're the own who had them, but it took a while to find still. Listen Gohan, I know it was you there. I know you were the little boy there." She came up to him and did something she had rarely done before: she hugged him. "I'm so sorry that you had to go through all of that."

'Well, she knows.' He blushed a bit. "It's alright, Videl. I'm fine. I got through that alive, all thanks to my dad. Besides, I've been through much worse than that. I understand why you feel the way you do right now, but there's no need to. What happened happened, and I got over it. And now that you saw a bit of what I can do, I guess I have some explaining to do."

'How is he so calm? It's like that never even happened.' Videl spoke again. "Now that you mention it, you do have a lot of explaining to do!"

"I know. I know. Relax, Videl! Now, my life is something that will take a rather long time to explain, so if I am going to do so, it will have to be sometime after school and away from other people; at someplace like one of our houses. Also, please keep what you saw and what I will be telling you a secret between the two of us, okay? I don't need people freaking out about it."

"Alright. But I must say, I'm a little disappointed in you. You're giving in that easily?"

"Yes, I am. It would be unfair for you to know that and still be questioning it all. Besides, if I don't tell you, you're just going to keep on my tail and try to get me to answer them, so I might as well answer them all at once."

"I see. How about you come over after school to explain?"

"I'll go call my mom, but it should be fine."

"Just one question though…"

"Yes?"

"How is it that you are so calm and happy around that one short guy with the pointy hair? Do you not remember what he did?"

"Huh? Short guy-oh! You mean Vegeta! Of course I know what he did, but he has changed since then. Well, not entirely, but he has switched sides and helps us out now. He is no longer the sadistic bastard that he was. The main part that you missed was my dad and him fighting. It was supposed to be a fight to the death, but my dad won and had mercy on him; he let him go and live. He has been with us ever since, as much as he hates to admit it. He and my father are still rivals. He has made up for what he has done many times over. I will have to explain the rest a bit later. Now, I gotta go call my mom. See ya, Videl!" He ran back downstairs to find a phone.

Videl was still on the roof, a bit confused, but happier. He had promised to explain everything to here. She was overly curious and anxious for school to end.

Sorry for this chapter being kinda short. The next chapter is just about done, and will be longer than this one. I just need to go over it and do some revision and it should be up by tomorrow.