Believe…

Beaner-Bop

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A/N: Okay, a lot of people were saying how Gohan was mystic and how I let it slip. Actually, I DID let it slip yes, but personally I don't really care… -_-;; lol. But that's more or so because I'd be worried about you if you DIDN'T know Gohan was Mystic…lol! Better get typing.

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Disclaimer: The show was made before I was BORN!… I think. So how the heck could I own it?!

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"Hey, Mystic, what's the last one of? The one with the boy." He looked back at her with a glare that seemed to go through her and find all her secrets in a second. He turned around and opened to door.

"It's what I think of what I once was." He through over his shoulder and walked out the door. Videl looked at the door confused.

What could he mean by that?

What he once was?

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Chapter Three: Boys Will Be Boys

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Videl started to feel a little guilty from the look he gave her but pushed the feeling aside. He had no right, especially since he told her more or less that it was okay.

She growled lightly and hopped off the bed. When she looked down she saw that she was in the same clothes that she was in before which was a loose skirt so that she could move easily and a man's shirt. She nodded her approval and went for the door. She opened it and walked out into the hall. She didn't know which way to go but when she smelt food, she knew which way she wanted to go.

Her stomach growled lightly, reminding her that it took more than just water to sustain it. Following it's silent instructions she started to move down the small hall and saw that Mystic was indeed making something. Without turning around he talked to her.

"What are you doing out of bed?" Videl looked at him surprised, wondering how he even knew she was their but shrugged.

"Got bored." Mystic nodded. He than brought his arm up and pointed his elbow at one of the cabinets.

"Can you grab some bowls? The soups ready…" She nodded and walked over. She reached up and grabbed two of them but he shook his head when he saw only two.

"Grab three. My little brother is here." She nodded and grabbed another wooden bowl. Videl wondered silently if he did all the carving in the house. When she saw the little designs on the bowl she figured that it was more than likely.

Gohan brought out loaves of bread from the middle of nowhere and plopped them all onto the table. Videl looked at them shocked.

"Is this all for… supper?" He nodded at her.

"Yeah I know it's not a lot but-" He was cut short when a little black haired chibi ran into the room.

"Brother! Brother! Is the scary lady okay?!"

"SCARY LADY?!"

"Goten, please don't insult people."

"But I'm NOT insulting her. I'm just sayin' she's scary!"

"You want to see scary you little-" Videl turned her head and was about to pick the chibi off the floor when she saw him. "-adorable little thing!" Goten recognized the sound of voice she used on him. A lot of the girls that like Gohan 'more than just friends' use it on him all the time, but they always say 'cute' not this 'ador-ee-bul' word.

"What does ador-ee-bull mean?" Asked, putting his arm behind his head grinning shyly at her. She grinned back at him, okay with grinning at a chibi.

"It means 'cute'." Goten started to protest but another question came to mind when he thought back to all the other girls that brother always bumps into. "Is my brother 'cute' or a 'hunk'? I mean, all the girls that call me that always say something like that about my brother…" Gohan choked on the air in his mouth and Videl's eyes looked distant to Goten, but really she just didn't want to look the chibi in the face. She stumbled on her answer.

"Well…uh…I REALLY don't think that uh…your brother wants me to um…answer that…" Her face was burning, matching Gohan's to a 'T'.

"Why do you both look like those red berries that I'm not 'pose to eat 'cuz their poisonous?" This caused the teens to blush darker and get Goten more and more confused.

"Stop doing this to me your guys! I can't keep up." She was saved from knowing when Gohan pushed a bowl in front of the chibi.

"Bon appetite, now shut up!" Videl silently thanked Gohan and grabbed a slice of bread that was on the table and dunked it lightly. She chewed on the corner thoughtfully, looking at the table, when she looked up what she saw nearly made her fall out of her chair in shock.

They were eating 110 MP MINUTE!!!!! And they didn't even have miles yet! She swallowed and looked at her food. She looked back at the two of them and pushed her plate farther into the table.

"Well would you look at that… I'm not hungry!" Goten looked over at her.

"Can I have it?" The moment she nodded the food was devoured. Videl decided to grab another slice of bread and eat pieces of it at a time so later she wouldn't be TO hungry… She tried not to look at them eating as she nibbled the bread lightly.

Finally all the food on the table was done. She wondered why she didn't notice that much food before but shrugged it off, not really caring.

I wonder what Erasa and Lime are doing right now… She wondered. She sighed and stood up with some of the dishes along with Gohan and Goten and put them on the counter.

"I'll do 'em later." Gohan said starting to walk outside. He looked back at her expectantly, leaving her to wonder what was going on.

"What?" He shook his head at her.

"I thought you wanted to know where you are. How are you going to do that if you aren't outside?" She nodded to him and started to follow. She looked at the door and pressed her fingers to some of the designs.

"These are amazing…" She whispered. She was surprised to hear Gohan chuckle lightly.

"It's probably my safest hobby." She looked back at him wondering what he meant by that.

"What else do you do?" She asked. Gohan shrugged his shoulders at her lightly and looked towards the sky.

"Hunt… Protect… Fight…Dream…" Videl let the first three slide past her, as they were the usual answers of the men she knew, and since she didn't really KNOW Mystic yet, she didn't take them to heart… Dream however.

"You dream? What about?" He snorted and looked at his hands.

"You wouldn't believe me." She shook her head.

"Sure I would! Why wouldn't I?" He looked her in the eye, blushing lightly, not usually telling people these things because they don't ask.

"Peace."

"Peace?"

"Peace."

Videl thought about this for a few minutes and looked at him confused. "Peace? Really? All the other boys and men I know practically want war. It's like their claim to fame or something…" Gohan nodded and patted the ground beside him where he just sat down, indicting her to follow, which she did.

"I know. But I've been their already and let me tell you," He looked her in the eye, "I'd rather be the least known person in anything than be a war hero." Videl looked at him confused.

"I understand that you don't want war…but if you had to help, wouldn't you want to be a war hero or something?" He shook his head.

"No." he was quiet and Videl thought he wasn't going to answer but was surprised none the less when he did. "Because do you know what it takes to be a war hero?" Videl thought about that and the first thing that popped into her head was killing she shuddered lightly.

Videl sighed. "I wanted to go."

"Go where?"

"To the war. Our village is right in the middle of one but they forced all the women into hiding…DAMMIT!" She screamed. Her hands became fists and she shut her eyes tightly while grinding her teeth together.

"I hate them…I hate the damn bastards…" Gohan looked at her shocked but quickly let it fade.

"What…what happened?" She looked at him with begging eyes.

"Please don't ask me that." He nodded at her.

"Okay." And he obliged.

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