AN: Hey everyone, I just want to say thank you for all the reviews and stuff. But I just want to say one thing before I start the story:

I got a lot of reviews saying that they don't like how Videl was being a jerk and all. Well I just want to say that Videl was just defending her father because someone was making fun of him AND her. Think about it, wouldn't you get mad if someone you hardly know made fun of you, your family, and friends. I know I would. So in my defense Videl is just trying to stuck up for herself and her family. But one thing's for sure, she will change. Sure she seems like a jerk now, but she'll end up being the same Videl we all know and love.

Disclaimer: I don't own dbz.


When Gohan returned to Capsule Corp. Monday morning, he found Bulma, sitting at the table drinking coffee."Hey there kiddo. What's up?" Bulma asked.

"Nothing much, I'm just exhausted." Gohan asked tiredly.

"How are you tired? You had a whole day of doing nothing yesterday. You didn't even come home."

"I know. I know. I was planning on doing nothing the whole day yesterday. I even planned on sleeping in because I was still tired from the party."

"Didn't you get any sleep that night?"

"Not really. I slept for about three hours and then I just woke up. I forgot why, but I couldn't really fall back asleep until around five. When I did go to sleep, Seth woke me up 30 minutes later saying I had a meeting to go to."

"You go to the meetings now?"

"Sort of. My grandpa and Seth thought it would be wise if I get a feel on what meetings with the people in my kingdom would be like."

"And… how was it?"

"Boring! The whole meeting was boring! I could hardly stay awake and all they did was talk. There was no action and I was stuck in the throne room all day."

Bulma laughed before saying, "Well that's how meetings are supposed to go. But I do have to agree with you. Usually when I have meetings with my co-workers, it gets so boring that I feel like bringing big sunglasses to work, putting them on, and make it look like I'm paying attention." (AN: Have you ever felt like that? When you get so bored you do something to make it look like you're awake but you're really not?)

"Have you?"

"Well no… but I'm the president of Capsule Corp. I have to pay attention during the meetings or something could go wrong. The same goes for you too. You're the prince, future king to be exact, you need to pay attention or something will happen to your kingdom."

"I guess so. Seth gave me the same lecture after the meeting. He said that if I'm not paying to what's going on I could end up agreeing to something I don't want or something bad could happen to me or the kingdom."

"Let me guess, you fell asleep."

"Maybe…" Gohan answered while giving the infamous Son grin.

"You did fall asleep, did you? I can't believe you actually did, Gohan. I honestly thought you would be more responsible than this."

Gohan gave a weak chuckle before answering, "Yeah… Seth said the same thing and boy was he mad. He gave me a two hour lecture on how falling asleep during meetings is irresponsible and how it should never happen again."

"Yikes. Was it that bad?"

"Yeah."

"Well let's just hope it won't happen again. But hey, aren't you supposed to be at the castle having your lessons?"

"No. Seth decided to give me the day off because I went to those meetings yesterday."

"Oh, okay. Anyway, want to tell me who that girl was?"

"What girl?"

"You know, the girl from the party on Saturday."

"Who? Belle?

"No…the other one."

"Oh, Videl?"

"So her name is Videl, huh?"

"Yeah, what about her?"

"Do you like her?"

"WHAT?" Gohan yelled with a light blush on his cheeks.

Bulma laughed before asking once more, "Do you like her?"

"What makes you say that?"

"I saw the way you were looking at her. Plus, it sounded like you had a lot of fun arguing with her during the party."

"You heard that?" Gohan asked slightly embarrassed.

"Of course, silly. Everyone heard you two. They just didn't want to pay attention to it."

"Oh. But if I argue with her then how does that mean I like her? Besides she's mean and annoying."

"Well you were mean and annoying to her too. Besides that's how girls act sometimes."

"Really?"

"Yup. They're usually mean to a guy because one of two things. One: They don't like him. Or two: they like him and want to get his attention or something. And you my friend are the one she likes."

"How can you tell? I just met her."

"Call it a women's intuition. It's a feeling that I have. I can just somehow tell that she's the one for you."

"Now that's weird. Anyway, to answer your question: no. I don't like her."

"I don't believe you. Come on, she's the perfect girl for you."

"What makes you say that?"

"Well I can tell she's strong and she can be intimidating."

"Yeah…" Gohan said almost dreamingly.

"She almost reminds me of you mother."

Gohan shrugged before saying, "I guess so. They both yell a lot. But they both know how to stick up for people they care about."

"Mmhm. So do you like her?"

"No!" Gohan yelled with a blush on his cheeks. He then left the room to go train with Vegeta, while Bulma was still laughing.


On Wednesday, Seth told Gohan that he had to go to another meeting, but Gohan didn't want to go. So about an hour before the meeting had started, Gohan decided to go hide somewhere in the palace and stay there until the meeting ends. Then he would just have to deal with Seth later.

"Master Gohan! Sire! Please where are you? We need you to get ready for the meeting soon! Come out! Come out wherever you are!" One of the guards had yelled as they searched for the young prince.

"Confound that boy. He will be the death of us one day," said another guard.

"Right, well we better find him soon or Master Seth will be furious. You two check outside. You, come with me. We are going to keep checking all the rooms in the palace." Replied the head guard.

"Sir Yes sir!" Then the guards all left to go check the rest of the palace, hoping to find their missing prince.

A few minutes after the guards left, Gohan came tumbling out the closet door in the same hallway the guards were just in. He looked around to see if there were any guards still around and then ran down the hall. After a few more minutes of running, he suddenly stopped at a corner because he sensed two energy levels down the next hall. "Did you find the prince?" one guard asked.

"No. Not yet." replied the other.

"Well we better find him soon or who knows what will happen if Seth finds out we couldn't find a young twelve year old boy."

"Nothing good, I presume."

"Yes; well he's not in the library, I already checked there."

"He could be changing his spot every time he sees or hears us coming by."

"Maybe, but let's keep checking the other rooms first. Then if we can't find him, then we'll just check everywhere once more."

"Okay." As the guards left, Gohan decided to head down to the library and just hide there until he feels the guards' energy level nearby. Then he would just leave the room before they came in and found him.


When Gohan entered the library, he saw none other than Videl Satan, sitting at a table, reading a rather thick book. Hey it's Videl. I wonder what she's doing here. Gohan then walked behind Videl and said, "Nice book. Want to tell me the title of it?"

Videl was so into her book that she jumped in her chair when she heard that someone was talking to her. When she turned to see who it was, she put on a deep scowl and said, "None of your business."

Gohan frowned deeply and said, "Well sorry for asking such a simple question."

"You are not forgiven."

"Geez what's your problem."

"My problem is you. You insulted me and my father during that party on Saturday. Even though I know my dad's an annoying prick, he's still my dad and I would do anything to defend him."

Gohan still had a deep frown on his face as Videl's words sucked into his mind. Gohan hasn't thought much of his father since he left him and Goten. But what Videl had said made him think. Would I still defend my dad even after all he's done? We'll yeah, he's my dad. I have to defend his honor. Still, he did leave me and Goten. But at the same time, he's trying to protect the world just so we can live in it. Huh… Videl knows sure knows how to make a guy think. Gohan snapped back into reality when he saw Videl waving her hand, in front of his face and asking, "Hello… is anybody still in there?"

Gohan shook his head and answered, "Sorry. I was just… thinking."

Videl scoffed at the answer and said, "Obviously."

Gohan frowned deeply and said, "Look, I know you must hate me for saying those mean things about your dad, but I just want to say… I'm sorry."

"What?" Videl asked confusingly. She was certainly not expecting that.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry for being a jerk to you and your dad. It's just that I haven't been myself since my dad's death and I feel like everything's my fault. I feel like it's my fault that my dad doesn't want to come back and I was in so much pain. I don't usually show my feelings, so I just kept everything inside. But soon those feelings turned into hatred and I started to feel some sort of resentment at him. I blamed him because I thought he was being selfish and didn't want to come back because he just wanted to train. I honestly thought he didn't care about me or my brother."

Videl stayed silent as she listened to Gohan's story.

"But when you were defending your father, even if he does seem like he an arrogant prick, you made me realize how even though our parents seem like they don't care about us; we should always be there to defend their honor or something. They're family and no matter how annoying they get, we should always be there for them no matter what. So Videl, I'm sorry for everything."

Videl stayed quiet as she thought things over. Here he was, the jerk from the party, apologizing for all that he said. The must have taken a lot of skill to push down his pride and sincerely apologize. Videl thought about it for a few more seconds then said, "I forgive you."

Gohan looked at her in surprise and asked, "Really?"

Videl nodded her head and said, "Yeah. It takes a lot of guts to push down your pride and apologize for a situation like this. Since you're a martial artist, it must've been harder for you since I bet that you have a lot of pride in yourself."

"I do and it was hard to keep my pride down. When we met at the party, I thought you would be just like your dad. But you proved me wrong. You were nothing like him. At the most, you kind of reminded me of my mother."

"Your mom is Chi Chi, the famous female martial artist right?"

"Yeah."

"Well that's cool. Chi Chi is my inspiration. She inspires me to keep on doing martial arts and to not let anyone put me down just because I'm a girl."

Gohan smiled at the thought of his mother and said, "Yeah… but she gave it all up just so she can take care of me."

"Aw… that's sweet."

"I guess. So why don't we start over. Hi, I'm Gohan Son."

"Nice to meet you, I'm Videl Satan." Videl and Gohan sat there for a few more minutes talking, when all of sudden a palace guards came into the room. Oh no! I forgot to keep an eye on the guards' energy level to see if they were nearby or not. Man, I was so into my conversation with Videl that I forgot. Now I have to go to that boring meeting.

The guard's eyes fell on the missing prince as the let out a sigh of relief. "My prince, I have finally found you. You don't know how worried we all were. Come, the meeting starts in fifteen minutes, you must not be late."

Gohan decided to go with them seeing as there was no other choice. He turned to Videl and said, "Sorry Videl, I got to go. But maybe we can meet up again someday. I hope."

"Yeah. But it's okay I just realized I have to be somewhere too. So I'll see you around, okay?"

"Okay. Bye."

"Bye." With that, Videl left the room and down the hall. The guard quickly ushered Gohan back to his room, so he can put on his white robe with the Ox-King symbol on the back, black pants, and flat shoes. Soon he was once again rushed to the throne room to sit there during the long boring meeting.


When Gohan came into the room, he realized two things: one, he was five minutes late and two, Videl was there ,with her father, sitting in two chairs placed in front of the Ox-King's throne. "Sorry, I'm late everyone." Gohan apologized as he sat next to his grandpa.

Seth leaned forward to Gohan's right ear and whispered, "You're late."

"I know!" Gohan harshly whispered back. The Ox-King cleared his throat to get everyone's attention, and then signaled for Hercule to talk about whatever he wanted.

Gohan was not paying much attention to the meeting with Hercule. He was mostly focused on Videl. People keep saying I like her. But now I'm not so sure. In all honesty, she reminds me of my mom. But she's not. They both yell a lot and are so strong-willed. But Videl is down-to- Earth. She is also willing to forgive those who insult her family. I don't think my mom forgave Piccolo for kidnapping me; then again, that was a different situation. Wow, I wonder-

Gohan was snapped out of thoughts when he felt a tap on his shoulders. He looked up and saw the Ox-King looking at him. "What do you think we should do Gohan?"

"Oh… uh… about what?" Gohan could see from the corners of his eyes he saw that Seth was giving him a deep glare, Hercule looked like he was going to explode from frustration, and Videl seemed amused by all this.

"Well, Hercule wants to see if we can fund for the schools, police station, stores, and etcetera in Satan City. The city's economy isn't doing so well at the moment, so schools and stores could shut down if something doesn't happen to help it," the Ox-King summarized.

"But doesn't Hercule have like a million dollars or something?"

Hercule butted into their conversation by saying, "Yes, well, I do. I just don't think it'll be enough to keep every shop open in the city because as you know, Satan City has such a large population, and I just want to give enough money to help the city, pay the taxes, and help support my family." At that, Videl secretly rolled her eyes at her father's pathetic excuse for not wanting to give money to the city.

Gohan thought about it for a few minutes before saying, "I think we should give them about 5-10,000 dollars about every two months. That should help pay for schools and police forces. Then Hercule can use his money to keep important shops and stores open."

The Ox-King and Seth talked it over for a few minutes, before they turned to Gohan and nodded their heads in approval. The Ox King loudly announced, "We decided to go with my grandson's plan and give you the money depending on how bad your economy is. Starting next week, we will send you a check to your house and you can give the money as a donation to schools and other important buildings. But be warned, if we find out that you are abusing this kindly donation, we will stop sending the check, and you will have to pay for the entire city on your own."

Hercule looked like he wanted to argue, but decided to let it go. He gave his thanks to the royal family, and left the room. Videl stayed behind for a few minutes and asked Gohan if she could talk to him.

Gohan nodded his head and followed her to the hallway outside the throne room. "What's up?" Gohan asked Videl.

"Well… there's this intergalactic tournament coming up hosted by XS Cash. This tournament is suppose to be a birthday gift to his son and I heard that there'll be real aliens there."

"That's cool."

"It is. So I wanted to ask you if you were interested in competing in the tournament with me."

Gohan thought about it before answering, "Sure Videl. I'll go. I'll even ask my friends if they want to go too."

"That's great! The tournament is on Saturday two weeks from now and it's on an island a few miles off the coast. Hope to see you there."

"Don't worry, I'll be there."

"You better. Well I got to go. See you then. Bye."

"Bye."


As Gohan was about to leave the palace, he was suddenly stopped by Seth. "Uh oh, am I in trouble?"

Seth nodded his head. "Big time. Hiding from the guards just so you won't meet with other officials? Really? I thought you knew better."

"I do. I just don't want to go."

Seth shook his head and responded, "Well, you can kiss the next two Fridays being outside goodbye. We will be spending those two Fridays going over how our ancestors ruled this kingdom."

"Honestly, I should've seen this coming. But I expected you to be more… furious."

"Well, I am mad at what you did. But I wanted to talk to you about something else."

"What?"

Seth gave a wide smirk before saying, "Videl Satan."

Gohan blushed crimson before saying, "I don't like her!"

"Why sire, I didn't say anything about you liking her at all." Seth said almost innocently.

Gohan mentally groaned before saying, "Look we're just friends."

"Friends? I thought she hated you."

"She did, but we talked and somehow I ended apologizing for my behavior on Saturday."

"Really?"

"Yup."

"Interesting. So what did she want to talk to you about?"

"Oh there's a tournament coming soon and she wanted to see if I could come."

"What did you say?"

"I said that I will and that I'll even invite my friends."

Seth thought about it for a few minutes before saying, "Alright. But you should invite her to a dinner after the tournament."

Gohan frowned at that comment and said, "Seth, stop trying to play matchmaker. I don't like her like that."

Seth just smirked, turned around, and said, "I have no idea what you mean sire." Then he walked away.

Gohan just stood there shaking his head. And he says I'm annoying. Well I better go to everyone about the tournament. I wonder if they're interested. Then Gohan left the castle ready to tell his friends about the new adventure waiting for them.


That's it. I guess. I know I said Gohan would be going to middle school, but hey things change. So yeah this is the same tournament that Bojack appeared in. Also, Trunks comes back next chapter. Yay!

Next Chapter: Intergalactic Tournament

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