"Broly? Who is that?" Videl asked.
Goku stood up and stared at Videl. "Broly is easily one of the toughest villains we had to face. We fought him on a planet far away less than a week before we fought Cell."
"If Mirai Trunks, Gohan, Vegeta and myself hadn't given Goku our energy, we would have been dead. Either by Broly or the massive comet that slammed into the planet." Piccolo said.
Naruto was the next to speak. "I bet I could take him down! With my Rasenshuriken and my new ability, he wont stand a chance!"
This earned a bop on the head from Sakura. "IDIOT! They just SAID it took everything these guys had to take him out the first time!"
"OW!" Naruto yelled. "OKAY I get IT! geez... You hurt a lot more after your training, Sakura."
Videl rolled her eyes. "So how do we beat him? for that matter, how did he survive the first battle if the planet was destroyed by a comet?"
"It's quite possible there was a ship left and Broly used it to escape the planet before the comet hit." Gohan said. "But the real question is, why did he wait until now to show his power?"
"As far as beating him, we'll have to do what we did last time and fight him with everything we've got." Piccolo said.
Sakura looked at Piccolo. "But he was beaten 8 years ago, correct?" Piccolo nodded. "In those last 8 years, everyone here has gotten stronger. I doubt hes that powerful."
"Sakura." Gohan said. "This guy is no ordinary Saiyan. His energy is like an endless pool. He actually had to struggle to keep his energy in check so it wouldn't kill him. If he had been training these last 8 years after recovering from the last battle, chances are he may be on par with dad at Super Saiyan 3 if not stronger."
This sent chills up everyone's spines. Naruto now felt like he was pretty much the useless party among the group next to Krillin. Even Videl and Sakura with their new powers probably couldn't stand a chance at this point. The only ones that could with be Gohan and Goku. Goten and Trunks maybe if they fused.
"Naruto" Piccolo said, earning the attention from everyone. "I believe we need to finish your training. I'll get the time chamber ready for you. Sakura, Videl, you two still have some time left. Videl, you have 4 months left and Sakura you still have a whole year left. I suggest we make what little time we have left count."
"I can give you guys Capsule ship 6. It's gravity machine will go up to 500 times gravity." Bulma said.
Piccolo nodded in agreement and looked at Videl. "If you're feeling better, we can get you in the time chamber now."
Videl was taken aback for a moment. "Uh.. Yea I think I'll be alright. Nothing a senzu bean couldn't fix."
"Very well then." Piccolo dug into a small brown pouch and tossed a bean to Videl. Videl immediately caught it and ate it.
"Holy Crap! I'll never get used to that feeling." Videl said as her strength returned as well as recovered her body from giving birth. She tossed a few punches in the air, satisfied with her returned strength.
"Alright then. Lets go." Piccolo said.
On the lookout, Dende and Mr Popo were prepping the time chamber for three people, while still down on the surface, Videl, Sakura and Naruto were planning out their training regimen. Videl and Sakura have pretty much gotten as strong as they could get without the use of the gravity machine. Naruto still had a long way to go, however. So he would spend a year with Sakura in the time chamber and a year by himself.
"So, we all understand the plan right?" Sakura said.
"I will train with you for my remaining 4 months, and then you will train Naruto in proper Chakra control to better enhance his Kurama mode." Videl said and Sakura and Naruto nodded.
"I'm just glad that Kurama and myself were able to patch things up during my time meditating. Without his power, I doubt I would be much help."
"Well, even as you are now, Naruto, you're still no match for myself, let alone Sakura or Gohan." Videl said matter of factly.
"Gee... Thanks for rubbing it in, Videl.." Naruto said sarcastically with a frown.
Videl and Sakura chuckled. A thought suddenly came to Sakura's mind as she ran her hand through her hair.
"Hey Videl. Who cut your hair?" She asked.
"Um, my friend Erasa did. Why?" Videl asked.
"I want it cut. It's just too long right now." Sakura said as she pointed out that her hair was indeed going past her ass.
"Ok. I'll call her and tell her to come over immediately." Videl said. Videl then pulled out her cell phone and dialed Erasa's number
"Hello?"
"Hey E! It's V"
"Videl! How you doing girl?"
"Not bad. Hey I need a favor from you."
"Sure V. What is it?"
"Sakura needs her hair cut before we start training. She's more than liekly going to need it cut again when she comes out."
"Sure thing, V. When do you need me?"
"Now if possible. We're over at Capsule Corp."
"Ok V. I'll be over shortly. How are Pan and Riker doing?"
"They were just born this morning, Erasa. They're doing about as well as newborns usually are. Though I will admit, Riker is the happiest little thing, but Pan is the problem child. At least so far she is."
Erasa giggled. "Well if you two ever need a babysitter, I can always find some free time."
"I'll hold you to that, E."
"Ok. Well I'll head out now. See you in a bit, V"
"Ok, see you later" Videl then hung up the phone.
About half an hour later, Erasa showed up with a bag of hair care products and hair cutting tools. She had once been aspiring to be a stylist, but soon gave that dream up when jobs in that field were few and far between.
Erasa was guided into the kitchen where a very long haired Sakura sat in a chair waiting.
"Geez.. You didn't tell me her hair was THAT long, V" Erasa said.
Videl chuckled. "I figured you would find out on your own."
Erasa nodded. "Fair enough." She then looked to Sakura. "So how do you want it cut? and do you want it recolored pink?"
Sakura twitched an eyebrow. "My hair isn't dyed. It's my natural color."
"Really? Well that's not very common. Ok then, so how did you want it cut?"
Sakura looked at Erasa's hair and then to Videl's. "I like Videl's hair cut. Could you make it look like that?"
Erasa nodded. "Easier for me at least."
Erasa wasted no time and got right to work. Moving Sakura and her chair to the nearby sink, she put a stylist smock over Sakura and prepared to wash the pinkette's hair. Erasa had her work cut out for her with the amount of hair Sakura has. Once her hair was washed, Erasa took her scissors and cut the back of her hair, eliminating the majority of Sakura's hair. Now it was just down to the styling.
About ten minutes later, Sakura was now a pink version of Videl.
"All done Sakura." Erasa said in her usual bubbly tone.
"That was fast. Let me see." Sakura said.
Erasa handed Sakura a mirror to check out the blondes handiwork. At first she could barely recognize herself. Her hair literally looked like Videl's but pink! A smile slowly crept to her face.
"I love it!" She stated.
Suddenly, Videl got an idea to prank Gohan. "Hey Sakura"
"Hmm?" Sakura hummed as she looked at Videl who had an evil smirk on her face.
"I got an idea for a prank.." Videl said with a grin.
Gohan took a few days off from work. Erasa would have given him the whole week off, but Gohan didn't want to take that much time off. At most he just needed a few days and he spent them taking care of his newborn children.
Gohan was on the couch watching TV while Riker and Pan were sleeping when he heard the door to his apartment open and then close. A woman wearing a pink tshirt underneath a white tank top and black sport shorts with yellow boots came into the living room.
Videl?" Gohan asked. She looked almost exactly like Videl. Even the hair, except the hair color was pink instead of black. "I thought you were going into the time chamber?"
"O-oh, I will be. But I wanted to come home and have some fun first." She said seductively.
Picking up on this, Gohan immediately got off the couch and pulled 'Videl' into a hug, to which he stared into her eyes. But something was kinda off... Her eyes were not the cerulean blue he had been accustomed to, but were instead emerald green.
"Are you Super Saiyan or something, Videl? Your eyes are green. A very pretty green I'll admit." Gohan said with a smile. "For that matter, did you dye your hair? I thought you didn't like pink all that much."
"I'm wearing a pink undershirt..." 'Videl' said.
"Point taken." 'Something is off here. She looked like Videl, she kinda acts like Videl, yet she seems somewhat different.' Gohan thought.
'Shit, he's catching on.' Thought the fake Videl. She then pulled him into a passionate kiss to which Gohan returned.
'Wait a minute.' Gohan thought. He had kissed Videl many times, but this time it felt different. It also kinda felt wrong. Actually it felt very wrong.
Gohan pulled away and pushed the fake Videl away from him gently to get a better look at her. That's when Gohan noticed that this Videl was slightly taller and her boobs were a bit bigger. This was not his Videl.
"Who are you.. Where's Videl.." Gohan said sternly. The door to his apartment opened up and he could here girls giggling. He looked around the corner to see Erasa and the REAL Videl. Gohan was dumbstruck. He saw a Videl with pink hair and a Videl with black hair. Both wearing the same clothes. "what the hell is going on here?!" Gohan said almost yelling.
All three girls were laughing hysterically now. Suddenly the fake Videl made a few hand signs.
"TRANSFORM!" She shouted. Suddenly, her clothes were replaced to a long red sleeveless tunic with white trim, light pink arm and leg coverings, tall, black opened toe boots and black spandex shorts. Also a purple diamond shape mark appeared on her forehead.
Gohan, realizing who this was, almost fell over backwards. "SAKURA?!" Gohan yelled.
"Gohan, you ruined it.." Sakura said, still laughing.
"Huh?"
"It was a joke to see if you would follow through with her advances.. seems you figured it out before we could spring the surprise" Videl said, wiping the tears from her eyes from laughing so hard.
Gohan, did NOT looked amused. If anything, he was down right pissed off. "The HELL were you THINKING VIDEL?! THAT'S your idea of a JOKE?! I just KISSED another woman and all you can do is LAUGH?!"
The girls realized that they went too far. Gohan was big time pissed off and he made it known. Videl could only look down in shame.
Gohan turned to look at Sakura and Erasa. "I think you two should leave. And Sakura, You're lucky I'm not going to tell Naruto about this. You know how mad he would be."
Sakura nodded in shame. She knew Gohan was right and both her and Erasa left. Gohan turned to look at Videl. Videl saw his face. Etched on it were a mix of shame, guilt, disappointment, anger and distrust. Gohan turned away from her and put on his shoes.
"W-where are you going?" Videl asked.
"Out!" Gohan said and he slammed the door behind him.
Videl went from shame to guilt, to anger at herself, to sorrow. What she thought was a harmless joke turned into something that could have jeopardized their relationship.
"Videl, you fucking idiot!" Videl cursed to herself as she began crying. Not because she was hurt, but because she hurt the love of her life over some immature joke.
Sakura and Erasa returned to the apartment to see Videl on the sofa, balling her eyes out. Erasa was on one side of her while Sakura was on the other trying to comfort her.
Videl looked up at Erasa. "I'm such a fucking idiot... I may have just ended our relationship... The way he looked at me, It was almost like he hated me..."
Erasa pulled Videl into a tight hug. "He doesn't hate you, Videl. He just hates what you did."
Videl continued to sob as Sakura had a box of tissues in her hands. She had to deal with her friends Ino and Hinata through similar situations, but mostly Ino. Ino Yamanaka is Sakura's child hood friend from many years back. Every once in a while, Sakura would think about Ino. Perhaps she should invite her to Satan City sometime. But that was for another time.
Sakura handed a few tissues to Videl who gratefully accepted them and dried her tears and blew her nose. Then, Pan started crying in the other room and Videl was about ready to get up when Sakura stopped her.
"It's ok. I can take care of her." Sakura said and Videl nodded in thanks. Sakura left the room and into the nursery.
"I don't know what to do, Erasa. I tried talking to him, but he just stormed off and left."
"Just give him some time. He'll come around. I may not be able to sense peoples emotions or powers like you and Gohan can, but that doesn't mean he wont be back. He just needs some space." Erasa said with a small smile on her face.
"I don't know this time, Erasa. He was clearly pissed off. More so than I have seen him since Majin Buu." Videl said as fresh tears started to fall.
"He just needs to clear his mind. He'll come around. I'm sure of it."
"I hope so.. I can't live without him..."
Gohan was speeding away from his apartment to the lookout. He just couldn't stand being in the same room with Videl right now. What she called a joke was absolutely uncalled for and just plain not funny. He couldn't even look at Videl for what she had done. A few times he had thought about calling off the wedding and dumping her. He was that pissed off. But, he couldn't do that, especially not to his children.
"I can't believe she DID that! What the hell was she THINKING! That I would just laugh it up like it was nothing?! I KISSED Sakura! And they all just LAUGHED like it was some preteen joke! That was just beyond immature for her."
Gohan was royally pissed. Suddenly he changed directions to head to Capsule Corp.
"I'm gonna have to talk to Bulma on this one. This is a situation that Videl put herself in and I need a second opinion on what to do next."
Bulma was sitting in the kitchen looking over some experimental med-sci reports from her lab when she heard the back door that lead to the kitchen open and slam shut. Gohan came in and he looked absolutely livid.
"Gohan? What's wrong?" Bulma asked.
Gohan glared at her. Bulma was taken aback. He has never looked like that towards her before and it honestly scared the shit out of her.
"Videl is what happened." Gohan said as he sat down.
"Videl? What happened?"
"She thought it would be funny to play a little 'joke' as she called it to disguise Sakura to look like her and I ended up kissing Sakura because I thought it was Videl. The worst part was that not only was I the butt of a joke, but they laughed hysterically like it was nothing!" Gohan said, getting angrier. "Right now, I'm not even sure I wanna continue this relationship if shes going to do something so immature and hurtful like that."
Bulma was absolutely shocked. she never would have thought Videl would do something like this. It was almost surreal. Then Bulma started getting ticked off.
"Gohan, I don't blame you in the least. If Vegeta ever did anything like that to me, I would toss out my wedding ring and kick him to the curb. But that wouldn't be fair to Trunks." Bulma said, her scowl softening. "Honestly, if he apologized then I would forgive him eventually. But knowing Vegeta, he would still think it was funny."
"That is where my problem lies. If it wasn't for the fact that we now have two kids, I'd kick her out. But that wouldn't be fair to them to grow up with out two loving parents." Gohan said.
"Did she even apologize? was she sorry in the slightest?"
"I-I don't know... I didn't stick around long enough to listen to her. I was just so mad at her that I needed to leave before things got ugly." Then Gohan thought back to that moment. He briefly caught a glimpse of Videl's face. She was sad. She looked like she regretted doing what she did and he thought he saw a tear coming from her eye. "thinking about it, she did look sad and regretful. I think i also saw her starting to cry before I left."
"Then shes obviously sorry for what she did. If I know that girl as well as I think I do, she couldn't bare the thought of you leaving her or living without you. I think you just need some time to calm down and to think things through." Bulma concluded.
Gohan nodded, although it was forced. "I guess you're right. I'm gonna stay here the night and cool off. Maybe some sparing with Vegeta will take the edge off. Can you call her and let her know where I'll be? I don't really wanna talk to her right now."
Bulma nodded and Gohan left the table to go look for Vegeta. As Gohan was walking down the hall, he picked up Videl on his senses and his heart started to shatter. He felt her pain, sorrow and regret. She was clearly upset at what she did and he could sense it. He felt her heart wrenching pain and it almost made him want to cry as well.
"She really is sorry for what she did. She never meant for things to turn out the way it did and she is regretting every moment of it." He wanted to go back there and hold her. "No. She needs to learn her lesson. I'll stay here the night and she can think about what she had done. It kills me to do this, but it's time for a little tough love."
The next morning came and Gohan was already awake in his room that Bulma had set up for him for when he would come to visit. He could sense Videl and she was feeling even worse now that he never came home last night. Now he felt bad. He felt bad that he made Videl feel worse than she already did. Perhaps he went a little too far, but at least she would learn her lesson not to pull a stunt like this again.
Gohan could also sense that Sakura and Naruto were already on the Lookout to start their training. But Videl was not with them. She was still at their apartment, more than likely crying her eyes out, hoping that Gohan would come back to her. Gohan still wasn't sure if he wanted to see her or not, but he could tell that Videl was beside herself and that was all the reason he needed to get up and talk to her.
Gohan got up and got dressed and flew back to his apartment
Gohan unlocked his front door and opened it and entered his apartment. The first thing he noticed was Videl laying on the couch sobbing. Just hearing her was enough to make his heart ache. Videl sat up and looked at Gohan. Her sobbing soon turned into full blown wails of hurt and sorrow as she jumped up and grabbed onto Gohan, crying in his chest.
"Gohan..." She cried. "I'm so so sorry! Please forgive me! I'll never do anything like that again, I promise!" She cried some more, harder than she ever cried before. Gohan rubbed her back with one hand and cupped her chin in his other hand to have her look into his eyes.
"I'll forgive you this time." Gohan said sternly. "But I warn you. If you pull a stunt like this again, I will walk out that door and I will not be coming back. I do not give third chances. Do you understand?"
Videl nodded. "I swear I will never do that again. I promise Gohan." Videl said still sobbing.
"I hope so." Gohan said. Then he pulled her in for a passionate kiss that lasted several minutes. They pulled away to get air but rested their foreheads against one another.
"What can I do to make it up to you?" Videl said.
"Just hold your head up high and keep your promise. That's all I want you to do." Gohan said, this time with a smile.
Videl smiled back as her heart mended back into one piece and rested her head on Gohan's chest.
"And sex every night." Gohan said.
Videl laughed. "You dick. But ok. We can make that work." Videl was feeling a lot better now. She would never make that mistake again and was already ready to put it behind her, especially after she talked to Bulma last ni-
"OH!" She almost yelled as she pulled away from Gohan.
Gohan raised an eyebrow. "Oh? Oh what?"
"When Bulma talked to me last night, she told me about an experiment that she and her scientists were working on. They are testing with Human and Saiyan DNA to change the Human DNA into pure Saiyan DNA." Videl said
Gohan wasn't sure how to feel about that one. "That almost sounds like a Frankenstein movie, Videl.."
"Hear me out. She was analyzing the DNA sequence between Saiyan and Human. She said that the procedure would be simple but time consuming. She said that she only needed to alter a few strains of DNA in a certain sequence to match that of a Saiyan's and even a Human can become either a quarter, half, three quarter or full blooded Saiyan. Personally, I'm interested in becoming a full blooded Saiyan."
Gohan started feeling concerned. Why would Videl want to become completely Saiyan? Perhaps Vegeta had some influence on this. He always talked about reviving his race, but with Vegeta and Goku being the only ones that were full blooded Saiyans, It just wouldn't happen. But this DNA Transfusion that Bulma told Videl about could make even a complete Human into a Saiyan. There had to be risks involved with this. There is just no way something like this could be done without any risks. And Gohan was going to find out.
"While I think that is pretty awesome, I want to know what kind of risks there would be." Gohan said.
Videl recalled the conversation she had with Bulma. "Well she said that the only risk to this is death. But she also said that the more Saiyan blood you already have in you, the less chances of death there would be."
How much of a chance would there be with you.." Gohan said, his face now starting to contort into a serious face. The last thing he wanted was to lose the love of his life to some Transfusion and her stubbornness.
"She said with me I would have an 8% chance that I would not make it."
'That's all?' Gohan thought. 8% was nothing. The odds of her surviving from that were in her favor.
"8% huh? Well, if that is what you really want, then I'll support you." Gohan said now with a smile.
"I want you to do it too." Videl said.
"Huh? Why me?" Gohan asked, his eyebrows raised.
"Because then if we have another child, then we will have a full blooded Saiyan child."
Gohan noticed that Videl was starting to sound like Vegeta. "Did Vegeta have anything to do with this?"
"I had asked Bulma that same question and surprisingly he doesn't even know about it. Bulma also said that some side effects would be change in hair color to black if it wasn't already, growing a tail and slight personality change. Since I'm part Saiyan already, the only thing I have to worry about is the tail."
"I guess that's not too bad then. But I wonder if my personality would change if I went full Saiyan.." Gohan asked.
Videl never thought about that. Saiyans were typically fierce but she already had that personality.
"I honestly don't know on that one, hun. That would be something to ask Bulma."
Gohan nodded. "We can go over there after your training. Right now you should be up on the lookout. Naruto and Sakura are already there waiting for you."
Videl mentally slapped herself. "Shit! I completely forgot! Lets go!" But before She would walk out the door, Gohan stopped her.
"You can't leave yet." Gohan said.
"And why not?" Videl said, slightly irritated.
"Videl, you are in your robe with nothing underneath. Do you really wanna go out like that?"
Videl looked down at herself and sure enough, Videl was in her robe with nothing else on. She even forgot to tie the thing and her chest was pretty much fully exposed and her groin was in full view. She blushed furiously and quickly covered herself up.
Gohan scratched the back of his head and chuckled. "See? Something tells me that even though the police know you, they wouldn't like you giving the city a peep show."
"Ass.." Videl said, her face still beet red with a scowl.
An air taxi was gliding through the air towards a rather large totem pole. Inside the car was a rather gorgeous blonde woman. She wore a purple top, purple short skirt with black shorts, mesh knee and elbow covers and tall, black open toe high heeled boots and a pouch strapped to her inner thigh. She had long blonde hair that covered part of the right side of her face. She also had light green eyes.
"Ok miss. We're here." The taxi driver said as they pulled up to the totem pole. The young woman got out and thanked the driver who said that it was all paid by Capsule Corp.
Following the instructions given to her, She looked around for a Capsule plane. She found it moments later. It was an orange jet plane that looked kinda like a shark the way the wings were set up. Inside were instructions to press the green button and it would take her up to the Lookout. She climbed in and did as instructed. The plane took off and went straight up. After a few minutes the plane touched down on Kami's lookout.
Sakura and Naruto were standing near where the plane touched down and watched as the girl climbed out.
"Hey Ino-pig" Sakura said with a smile.
"Hey forehead! Long time no see!" Ino said as a big smile came across her face as the two best friends hugged for a moment. "So, this is where you have been this whole time?"
"Well, yes and no. I have been teaching Shinobi classes at Orange Star High School most of the time." Sakura said. Suddenly her face went from a smile to a serious look. "Listen, Ino. This isn't a social call as to why I asked for you to come here."
Ino raised and eyebrow but nodded as her face became serious as well.
"Me and Naruto, as well as another woman named Videl are going to train and train hard. There is a new enemy coming that could very well have the power to blow up the Earth."
Ino was shocked. "Blow up the Earth? How is such a thing possible?"
"Shes right." Said a deep booming voice. Ino turned around to see a tall green man standing behind her.
"Ack! Who-WHAT are you?!" Ino screamed, her eyes bugging out.
Sakura and Naruto laughed. "Relax, Ino. That's just Piccolo." Sakura said, Naruto still rolling on the floor.
"He's still green and scary looking! I think I would rather sit at a table with Orochimaru!" Ino said.
Piccolo grunted. "I always look this way."
Sakura put a hand on Ino's shoulder. "He's, not from this planet. He's of an alien race known as Namekian. He's a good guy, seriously."
Ino just looked at Piccolo, unsure of what to think. But when Piccolo gave his best heartfelt grin, which still looked scary, she felt better about him. "Sorry I said those things." Ino said, bowing as she did so.
Piccolo waved it off. "No offense was taken."
Ino then took a moment to notice something about Sakura. "Sakura? You really buffed up!" She said.
Sakura blushed and smiled. "Thanks. Been working out and training hard, ya know? What with going in the time chamber and training at 500 times gravity and wi-"
"WOAH! Wait just a minute there!" Ino exclaimed, interrupting Sakura. "500 times Gravity?! YOU trained in THAT?! How is that possible?!" Ino was completely shocked and had a hard time believing something like that.
"A friend of ours named Bulma is a scientist with a lot of high tech gadgets. One of which is a room that can alter the intensity of gravity to a localized area." Sakura explained.
Ino just nodded. "Ok, I can buy that I suppose. It just seems a little far-fetched is all."
Sakura chuckled. "Well if you think that's hard to believe, how about me being part alien?"
"I can believe that. You were always kinda strange." Ino said with a laugh. A vein bulged from Sakura's temple but remained serious.. "Wait... You're not joking are you?"
Sakura just shook her head. "I am 75% Saiyan, an alien species of super powered warriors. Thanks to training with Goku, and then with Videl in the time chamber, I have inherited all the powers of a Saiyan, as well as several of my own techniques. I gotta say, learning Ki after already being a master of Chakra was extremely difficult."
Ino was at a loss for words, but thoughts about these powers Sakura talked about intrigued her. "Powers, you say? Can you show me?"
Sakura shrugged. "Why not? We still have to wait for Videl to get here."
"I talked to her telepathically. She should be here within the hour." Piccolo said.
Sakura nodded. "Ok Ino."Sakura said. She went over to the edge of the lookout and put both her hands and arms outstretched from her body, palms facing forward. Pink energy began to form in her hands. Then she swung both her arms together in front of her, palms still facing forward as the energy in her hands merged into one ball of Ki.
"BLOSSOM BLAST!"
A massive beam of pink energy fired into the air and away from the planet. It was basically a pink version of Vegeta's Final Flash. Sakura cut the beam off and relaxed her stance. She turned to look at a stunned Ino as well as a stunned Naruto.
"Basically all of my Ki based attacks are Cherry Blossom related due to their color. The names will also throw off my enemies thinking that they are too 'girly'."
Naruto shook his head to get out of his stupor. "That was AMAZING Sakura-chan!" he yelled, waking Ino from her stupor as well. But she had another look of shock when she witnessed Naruto and Sakura making out in front of here.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Ino exclaimed.
Sakura and Naruto blinked after they pulled away from their kiss. "What?" Sakura said. "Using pink Ki isn't really all that uncommon. I mean Videl's is magenta, which is odd."
"I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT!" Ino yelled. "H-he just lip-locked you and you k-k-k-kissed him back! The fuck as been going on between the two of you since you left?!"
Sakura was still puzzled. "So we made out, whats wrong with that?"
"I'm POSITIVE I didn't hear that right.." Ino said.
"What's the matter with y-" Then realization dawned on her. She forgot that Ino never knew about what went on between Naruto and herself. "Ino, come with me. We have a lot to talk about."
"You're damn right we do!" Ino yelled.
Sakura spent the better half of 10 minutes explaining to Sakura what all that happened on their first night at the school. It was basically a breakdown confession, which Ino didn't seem to believe would last long. Then again, the passion she saw in Sakura's eyes were evident that she truly loves Naruto.
"-and that's pretty much it, save for the prank that Videl- SHIT!" Sakura said and them slapped a hand over her mouth.
"Prank? What prank?" Ino said.
"N-never mind! It's not something I'm supposed to bring up."
Unbeknownst to the two Kunoichi, Naruto was nearby and listening intently to what was being said.
"Sakura, I can tell when you're hiding something from me. I've known you since we were kids. Tell me what this prank was." Ino pressed.
Sakura spoke at just barely above a whisper. "Ok, but don't tell Naruto this. He wouldn't take it very well..." Ino nodded in agreement. "Videl and her friend Erasa, the ones I told you about that made my hair look like this, put me up to prank Videl's fiance Gohan. I used a simple transformation jutsu to change my clothes and I altered my voice a little to sound like Videl's. What I neglected to do was change the color of my eyes and hair. My job was to see if Gohan would have his way with me before Videl came in to spring the surprise on him. But he caught on earlier than we anticipated."
That sounds like a horrible thing to do and to call it a prank just makes it worse." Ino deadpanned.
Sakura nodded in agreement. "After everything was said and done, yes I agree. While I didn't end up in bed with him, even though part of me wishes I could have been..." Sakura said, slightly drooling at the prospect of getting in bed with Gohan. She shook her head and came back to reality. "Anyway, it did end with me making out with him. He had gotten so angry at me, but was even angrier with Videl. I honestly didn't really want to do it, but they twisted my arm. I can't imagine the pain Naruto would feel if he found out." Sakura said.
"Oh. HE knows! trust me!" A voice behind Sakura said. Sakura whipped around to see a very pissed and hurt Naruto. "Sakura! How could you DO something like that?! Why would you even agree to that!"
Sakura was in a combination of shock and shame. "Naruto, I didn't want to do this at all! they PUSHED me into it!"
"Don't give me that line of bullshit! As strong as you are, you let Videl who is considerably weaker than you and some blonde chick you just met that has NO training in anything save for a few Shinobi classes, PUSH you into doing a prank you didn't want to do?! Do you really expect me to believe that?!"
Sakura could not form words in her mouth. He had a point, whether she chose to acknowledge it or not.
"That's what I thought... You know, I'm starting to think that this whole relationship between us was some kind of sick prank now."
"No Naruto, it's not! I really DO love you! Honestly I do!"
"How can I believe you after this? How can I trust you now after you went behind my back and kissed another man and thought it was some kind of joke. How do I know that the feelings you claim to have for me are not just some sick joke? Well Sakura?! HOW?!"
"I-I-"
"No.. I don't want to hear it.." Naruto said putting a hand up.
"Please Naruto. Tell me what I can do to make it up to you.. I will promise you that I will never do anything like that again."
"Promise me?" He scoffed. "I know I may not be the smartest around, but isn't admitting your love for someone considered a promise to be with the one you love and to love no other?"
Sakura didn't say anything. He was right to a point and she couldn't admit that.
"If it is true, then you already broke one promise. Something that I could never forgive someone for is going back on their word."
Sakura felt a sharp pain in her heart. It felt like she had been stabbed by Naruto's harsh words. Her world felt like it was coming apart at the seams. She had to save this relationship anyway she could. She didn't want to lose her Naruto. She couldn't lose him. Not after all the things he had done for her.
"Please Naruto. Tell me how I can make this right. I don't want to lose you... I can't bare the thought of living without you in my life." Sakura said. Tears now started forming in her eyes and Naruto could see this. His furious expression now softened when he saw actual tears flowing from Sakura's face.
Naruto started to feel a pang in his chest seeing Sakura beginning to cry. A strong woman like she was, crying in front of his eyes. These were not fake tears, these were tears flowing from a broken heart. He knew that feeling all too well. The years he put up with being beaten and ridiculed for being a Jinchuuriki to Kurama was case and point.
Naruto took a moment and thought about Sakura's words, and Naruto thought of a way for Sakura to earn back his love and trust.
"Prove to me that you're sorry. Prove to me that you love me and no one else. Prove to me that I can trust and love you again and no quick words or expressions in a short moment of time will fix this." Naruto said. "As of right now-"
Sakura felt her heart sink. She was trying to brace herself for the worst as she was sure as shit she knew what was coming. But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't brace herself for an inevitable broken heart.
"-I'm breaking up with you."
Those words echoed in Sakura's mind as her heart shattered to pieces. She felt like a bomb went off in her chest and the pain she felt was unbearable. Tears were streaming down her face faster than before. But before she could cry out in pain, Naruto put his hand up.
"However, I'm willing to give you a chance to earn back what was lost. As I said before, You have to prove yourself to me. You must earn back my love and trust for you and I'm willing to let you try. This isn't a forever thing, unless you can't prove to me that I can love or trust you. We'll be in the time chamber for a year. You'll have plenty of time to make it up to me."
Sakura was taken aback. Her Naruto was giving her a second chance at loving him. It was going to take everything she had to get back together with the man she loved. Her heart was still broken, however it was mending a bit now. It soothed her some that she would have the chance to get him back. Pain and sorrow were replaced by burning passion and determination. She was going to win back her Naruto even if it killed her.
Sakura wiped the tears from her face and nodded. "I promise I will make it all up to you, Naruto-kun. I can;t tell you how sorry I am about all of this. I want your trust and I need your love. I love you more than anything. My love for you transcends time and space itself. I will do everything in my power to make to believe that."
Naruto smiled. "And with that, you're on the right track. I'll see you in the time chamber." and with that, Naruto walked away form the two women and went to go talk to Piccolo.
It was also in that moment that Videl and Gohan arrived, hand in hand. Sakura noticed this and she thought that if they could put this aside and reform their relationship, why couldn't she with Naruto? She was going to try her damnedest to win him back no matter what, and it would start after they entered the time chamber.
And there is Chapter 7. This took me the better part of 2 days to write. this one is by far my longest so far and there is plenty more to come. Now to answer a few reviews.
To; suzululu4moe: Honestly, I forgot about that, but now that you said this, I would imagine that would be the case. Now I'm thinking about what would happen if she released that Chakra while she was Super Saiyan. talk about OP right there.
For the guest reviewers, if ya aint gonna write anything constructive, then piss off.
I'm gonna take some personal time to get inspiration for the next few chapters. Not long, probably a few days to a week. Gotta get back to work. Car insurance is past due and It's gotta get paid before I aint got a car to drive anymore.