Videl tapped her foot as she stared down at her watch, the face reading about five minutes past five. Where in the world was Gohan? Wasn't like him to ever be late for anything. Looking over, she saw Erasa and Sharpner walking up to her with some drinks in hand, the two having decided to grab themselves some sodas while Videl requested a water.

"Here you go Videl!" Erasa exclaimed, handing the bottle over.

"Thanks. I do wish you'd have let me buy it though." Videl said. When she had offered to pay, Erasa had vehemently denied the offer, preferring to pay for things for the two of them plus Sharpner whenever the opportunity arose. She'd said it was so that Videl never got the idea that Erasa was her friend solely because of Videl's money.

Probably a big reason why Erasa was her best friend.

"Please, this was only a few zeni. Nothing major." Erasa said, waving it off.

"If it makes you feel better, maybe you could get everyone lunch later though." Sharpner said. "Especially if Gohan does end up joining us..."

Videl nodded, already deadset on making sure Erasa's funds didn't have to suffer THAT bill.

"Speaking of which, is Gohan here yet?" Erasa asked, looking around. "You did tell him when and where right?"

Videl nodded again. "Yeah I was wondering the same thing myself."

"Have you tried calling him?" Sharpner asked.

Videl shook her head. "I don't think he even has a cell phone."

"Really?" Erasa asked, genuinely confused. "Who doesn't have a cell phone in this day and age?"

"Maybe his family can't afford one?" Sharpner answered, shrugging. "Or maybe his mom won't let him have one. He has mentioned how strict she can be."

"But not have a phone!?" Erasa asked incredulously. "In today's world having one is a necessity! Besides, considering his commute not having a phone is stupid. What if his jet copter were to break down?"

Videl raised an eyebrow. "Wait, Gohan owns a jet copter?" She asked.

Erasa looked at her confused. "He has to, right? I mean, he lives five hours away by car right? It just doesn't make sense for him to drive in and out of the city daily such a distance just for school."

Sharpner rubbed his chin. "But Gohan leaves through the front doors daily, not from the roof. I've also never heard anyone see him fly off in one, and with how small the number of kids at school that CAN fly one is, surely someone would."

Erasa pursed her lips. "That is pretty strange."

Videl smirked. "And you begin to understand." She said.

Erasa and Sharpner looked at each other. They had always just waved off Gohan's excuses, other matters seeming to be more important to worry about. But the more the both of them thought about it, the more they realized how right Videl was. Something was definitely off with their classmate, that was for certain. Their train of thought was interrupted however when Sharpner noticed Gohan running up towards them with two kids in tow.

"Speak of the Devilman and he shall appear." He stated, causing Videl and Erasa to follow his eyes to see Gohan.

"Hey guys! Sorry I'm late, had to get these two ready!" he exclaimed running up, jutting a thumb back at the two kids following.

"It's fine Gohan." Erasa answered before looking at the two kids in confusion. "Who are these two cuties though?"

"The one with the blue hair is Trunks, and the one with black hair is my brother Goten." Gohan answered.

Videl raised an eyebrow. "I didn't know you had a brother Gohan." She said.

Gohan chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck. "Well it's never really come up, so I can't blame you."

"Well he's such a cutie!" Erasa said, bending down to be eye level with the little boy. "Hello there Goten, my name is Erasa!"

Goten blinked in confusion before looking at Gohan. "I thought you'd told mom you didn't have any girlfriends Gohan?"

Gohan's face went red as he jumped back a bit. "W-W-What!? Goten! What are you saying!?"

Erasa blinked before giggling, quickly jumping up and latching herself onto Gohan's arm much to his shock. "You mean you haven't told your Mom anything about me Gohan?" She asked.

Gohan's eyes widened at Erasa's actions. "E-Erasa! You're not helping! I only told my Mom I didn't have a girlfriend!"

Goten tilted his head in confusion. "So are you not friends with this girl?"

Gohan blinked before sighing, kneeling down to explain to Goten the difference between a friend and a girlfriend. Erasa again giggled at the sight, looking at Videl out of the corner of her eye to see the young Satan looking at the scene with narrowed eyes. This only caused Erasa to have a larger smirk, happy with the progress of her plan. Truth be told, she didn't really care whether or not Son Gohan was hiding any big secrets or not. What she did care about was her best friend Videl Satan, the girl who had never held any kind of interest in any boy before they'd all met Gohan. Sure Videl said she was only interested in what Gohan was "hiding", but Erasa was sure Videl's interest in the Son boy was far more than just wanting to know his secret.

That was why she had manipulated the days events, to force the two to spend some time together so the two would get together. If everything went ideally, they'd be together by the end of the day, though more realistically it would take several more weeks to get the two together. But Erasa could be patient. And besides, nothing wrong with spending the day as a group of friends anyways.

Yep, she had a good feeling about the day.

...

Kami's Lookout...

Up above the clouds was an ancient platform, resting on an impossibly tall tower holding the platform up despite looking like it should shatter under the wight. Above the platform was an ornate castle and garden, home to two aliens who had come to call the Earth home. despite the Lookout normally being a place of peace, an uneasy tension had come to rest over the place as the two aliens could sense something coming, but didn't know what.

"Piccolo, cas you sense anything?" One of the beings asked, a younger alien holding a wooden walking stick.

His counterpart, dressed in a white cloak and a white and purple turban, sat in a meditative stance as he shook his head. "No Dende, nothing. Has King Kai sensed anything?"

Dende shook his head. "I don't think so. I can't reach out to him to find out anyways, any communication has to be started by him."

Piccolo pursed his lips as he stared out at the clouds. "Well if he hasn't contacted us, than there must not be any dangers coming here."

Dende looked out to the clouds. "Than why can't I shake this feeling?"

Piccolo clenched his hands against his biceps, unable to reply.

...

Northern Quadrant, King Kai's Planet...

King Kai pursed his lips as he looked down. "Dende...forgive me..." He muttered.

The moment Arcta had begun travelling to Earth, West Kai had informed King Kai of the coming danger despite the two Kai's intense dislike of the other. At first King Kai considered the whole thing not even worth mentioning. Sure Arcta was a powerful fighter and would warrant as much preparation to be dealt with as possible ninety nine percent of the time, but Arcta was heading towards Earth, one of the few planets where it would fall into the one percent. Arcta was the weakest of his family, all of whom had long been outclassed by the Earth's defenders. King Kai only realized how wrong such an assumption was once Arcta's ship entered the Northern Quadrant, and King Kai had seen how much stronger Arcta had grown.

It used to be that at Arcta's full strength he would still lose against Frieza at his weakest. But in a short amount of time, Arcta had become as strong as Frieza was at his strongest. And as Arcta came closer and closer to Earth, his power only continued to grow. With as strong as Arcta now was, King Kai honestly didn't know if the so called "Z Fighters" would be able to win or not. And the worst part was that King Kai had been forbidden by the Supreme Kai in forewarning the Earth as a consequence for Goku's actions during Bojack's attack some years previous.

Really, Goku was lucky he didn't have to suffer any major consequences. The dead interacting with the living was a huge taboo as far as the Gods were concerned. But while the Supreme Kai was very forgiving, he had made it clear to King Kai that if the Earth were to survive Arcta's attack, they would do so by their own power. King Kai was just thankful he had sent Goku to the Otherworld for some training, meaning the Saiyan wouldn't be here to randomly decide to check in on his son.

As Arcta's ship began to pass Saturn, King Kai could only watch and hope that the Earth was up to the task.

Hours Until Arrival: Six

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So excited, getting DragonBall FighterZ later this week. First order of business will be acquiring Cooler and 17 as well since those are two of my favorite DBZ characters. Aside from that, just some small fluff comedy before the big fight.

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