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Chapter 7 – New Training
Videl walked the hallways of Orange Star High School toward her classroom. She had a lot on her mind this past weekend as she continued to question whether her father was the one to actually defeat Cell. She also had an interesting meeting with Gohan and she learned that Gohan was somehow the godson of one of the most powerful people in the world. She had been oblivious to this fact and that irked her. Videl didn't know what to think exactly while she really thought Gohan was just a normal nice kid who came from the country and didn't know anyone. She was completely wrong and learned that Gohan was affiliated with people even more important than herself. She didn't know what to make of it.
On top of that, she had one of the most embarrassing experiences with none other than Gohan this past weekend. Somehow, the son of Bulma Briefs had struck Gohan on the back as a prank while she was talking with him thus Gohan fell on top of her. This wouldn't have been that big of a deal but somehow, Gohan's lips touched hers during his fall. She really didn't want to think anything of it however it was bugging her to no end. She knew she had no feelings toward Gohan but for some reason that split second remained in her conscious. She had trained hard the rest of the weekend with Master Roshi wishing it would help her forget that embarrassing moment with Gohan.
Finally she was able to take off the weighted clothes this past weekend and she noticed a pronounced difference in her strength and speed. She had no idea that such an increase of strength could come so quickly. Her father continued to be oblivious of her increased strength and training far away from home, but she liked having an outlet away from Satan City where she could focus her skills. On top of that, the training helped somewhat keep her mind off of Gohan and her other problems in life. She got to school early and decided to walk in class and sit down to relax a little.
She sat down in class and got out her notebook, as she was the first to be in class today, which gave her a second to relax before the long school day. She shut her eyes but within a few seconds, the door opened revealing Erasa who also came early.
"Wow Videl, you are early," Erasa said while walking up to her seat.
"Yeah, I guess I got an early start for once," Videl explained. Erasa put down her bag.
"What a crazy weekend," Erasa commented.
"Yep," was all Videl said.
At all costs, Videl had to make sure that Erasa didn't know that she was thinking about that minor incident with Gohan over the weekend.
"Girl, tell me, are you thinking about Gohan?" Erasa asked.
Crap, Videl thought. How on earth did she know he was on her mind? Is she some sort of mind reader?
"No of course not," Videl responded.
"Then what are you thinking about?" Erasa asked.
While she was thinking about the small incident with Gohan, she was also grappling with the fact that Gohan was her friend and that he knew very powerful influential people. She really wanted to press Gohan for more information about himself as all of a sudden, Videl found him very interesting. There was a mystery that surrounded the boy.
"Really not a whole lot. I was thinking about how sore I am after taking off those weighted clothes finally," Videl lied. Truthfully, she was sore from the weighted clothes, however, that was not the only thing on her mind.
"Oh yeah! I forgot about that. So does that mean your training is done?" Erasa asked.
"Not exactly," Videl said. "The first part is completed I think."
Just then, Sharpner and a few other students walked in. Sharpner headed up to where Videl and Erasa were sitting.
"Hey ladies," Sharpner said.
"Hey," Erasa and Videl said in unison.
"What did you two do this weekend?" Sharpner asked.
"Oh my! You would not guess what happened. We met Bulma Briefs again and Go-" Erasa said but was interrupted by Videl's hand on her mouth. Videl nodded her head toward her essentially motioning her to not talk about that subject.
"What? What happened?" Sharpner asked.
"Well, that was about it! It was pretty wild," Erasa explained.
"Dang, I wish I was there," Sharpner said.
The door opened again, and a few more students walked in. Gohan also walked in behind them and Videl noticed him immediately. A small ripple of nervousness flooded her conscious as Gohan walked up with his typical smile plastered on his face. He scooted between the seats past Erasa and Sharpner and sat next to Videl.
"Good Morning," Gohan said smiling.
"Morning."
"Hey."
"Morning Gohan."
Gohan got out his notes and pencil ready to begin class. Videl felt a little nervous after this past weekend. She had told Gohan something close to her heart and the two shared a brief kiss and yet it didn't seem to faze Gohan at all. Why was she the only one that was feeling nervous about the whole incident? I need to stop thinking about it. It's not like I even like Gohan like that. Gross, Videl thought.
"So, what did you do this weekend Gohan?" Sharpner asked across Erasa and Videl. Gohan looked at Videl for a split second then looked at Sharpner.
"Not much, just visited my godmother and then spent the rest of the weekend at home," Gohan explained.
Now Videl knew what Gohan meant by godmother. Before, she would have not thought anything of it but she now knew the truth that this godmother of Gohan was none other than the great Bulma Briefs.
"Didn't you guys hang out this weekend?" Sharpner asked.
"Oh umm, yeah, we met up after school on Friday and hung out for a little bit," Erasa explained vaguely after seeing Videl shushing her.
"Sorry I couldn't make it," Sharpner said.
"It's okay," said Erasa.
Class begun and Gohan continued to listen to the lecture despite its boringness. Videl really hoped she got a call from the police to take care of something to get out of this boring class. She told the police she was back to protect the city after she took a minor break to train with the weighted clothes Master Roshi gave her. Unfortunately, she received no call and the day continued.
At the end of the day, she was excited to exit the class. For some reason, she felt a minor tension between her and Gohan but he continued to act like he normally did. No matter, I just need to keep my mind clear and stop thinking about him. It doesn't matter that he is close with Bulma. He will always just be silly happy Gohan, VIdel thought as the four teenagers exited outside of school.
"We should get ice cream," Erasa said excitedly.
"Umm, I think I should get home and it's not that warm. What about all our homework?" Gohan said.
"It will just be for a little bit," Erasa explained.
"Fine," Gohan said giving in.
"Videl and Sharpner?" Erasa asked.
"Okay, for a little bit," Videl said.
"Sure," said Sharpner.
The four teenagers headed toward Erasa's favorite ice cream shop not far from school. Videl glanced at Gohan every now and then as they walked toward tie ice cream parlor. He continued to have his smile on his face.
"What are you going to get?" Erasa asked Gohan as they walked inside.
"Umm, I think-" Gohan said but was interrupted by Videl's watch.
"Ms. Satan, we have a situation," the voice said over her watch. Videl immediately responded.
"What is it chief," Videl said into her watch.
"There is some crazy guy that just murdered a martial artist close to Satan City hall," the chief said.
"That's right around the corner!" Videl yelled as she took off running. A martial artist? Videl thought. I don't think I have ever had someone that wanted to kill a fighter that didn't do anything.
"Gohan where are you going?" Erasa yelled as he ran after her.
"I'll be right back!" Gohan said as she chased after Videl.
Gohan rounded the corner that Videl just did and he saw several police cars with their guns drawn.
"Hand's up!" an officer said.
Gohan looked to where the officer was shouting at and his face grimaced. His memory flashed back to before the Cell Games and recognized the man almost immediately.
"I'll take it from her officer," Videl said as she walked in front of the police cars. "Listen buddy, you better surrender peacefully and nobody will get hurt."
"Who. Me?" the man said staring at Videl.
"Watch out Videl! He took out a few of our officers!" an officer said.
She looked toward the left and saw two officers on the ground. They didn't appear to be shot by a gun, but probably knocked out by this man.
"Who are you?" Videl asked staring back at the man.
"You are about to die by none other than Mercenary Tao," the man laughed. He appeared to be part machine if such a thing were possible. Videl had a look of disgust on her face.
"Tao huh? I don't think so," Videl said confidently.
"That's Mercenary Tao to you," the man said.
Videl remembered that name from somewhere. A mercenary? I better take him out now, Videl thought.
Gohan's eyes enlarged at what was about to happen. She saw Videl get into an attack stance ready to take on Mercenary Tao. He remembered him before and while the mercenary stood no chance against him, he could still feel his ki and it was significantly stronger than most humans.
Videl saw Gohan out of the corner of her eye as she stayed in her attack stance. Why would Gohan come here to watch? Just one more person I have to worry about, Videl thought. Videl watched the mercenary get in a defensive stance. She was about to make her move.
"You are going to regret this," Videl said with a smirk.
"I don't think so. You obviously have no idea who you are about to fight," Mercenary Tao said also with a smirk.
Gohan stood there rather horrified at what was about to happen. I need to disappear and come back as Saiyaman, he thought as he looked down at his watch. The only problem was his watch was not there. Gohan's eyes enlarged. I must have left it on the table! I must have forgotten it considering there hasn't been much crime lately, Gohan thought. What now?
Videl leaped off her feet and charged the mercenary. Right before her attack, she caught a glimpse of Tao's smirk. She attacked with furry punching him in all sorts of directions. The mercenary defended each punch effortlessly.
Realizing, that her punches were not working as she thought they would, she jumped back, leaped in the air, and then did an aerial attack. She landed a kick on his face and the mercenary recoiled back landing on the ground. Videl smirked that she landed an attack. That must have knocked him out, Videl thought as she jumped back in a defensive position.
Gohan, still worried, was however, surprised at the furiosity of Videl's attack. The attack was swift and packed quite a punch according to Gohan. However, he knew what this man was capable of. He remembered him firing a ki blast when he last fought him and his father told stories about fighting him as a child thus Gohan was still worried.
Videl let out of her defensive position and stared at the body of Tao on the ground.
"Nice work Videl," an officer said.
"No problem," Videl explained. Although the fight may have been over, she wasn't convinced of that yet.
She carefully walked over toward the body but after a few steps, Mecenary Tao got back on his feet immediately. She was surprised as she thought that blow would leave him unconscious or at least severely hurt. She stared at his face and there was no blood or redness. What? How? I landed one of my strongest kicks on his face and there is nothing at all? Videl thought.
Gohan stood on the sidelines worried. He hoped he wouldn't have to jump in because he would never hear the end of it from Videl, but if he had to, he would. Gohan decided to wait to see if Videl would be able to defeat Tao. Videl on the other hand continued to smirk, cocky because of her training. I'll defeat him; I know I will, Videl thought.
"Dodon Ray!" Mecenary Tao yelled as a beam of light left his hand headed straight toward Videl.
In a split second, she remembered beams of light exploding during the Cell games and decided to take no chances. She jumped as high as she could at the very last second. The beam flew past and hit the police cars creating a large explosion around the area. She could feel the heat of the explosion on her back. The cars were on fire and the officers present were strewn about the street unconscious. She landed on her feet and looked at the officers on the street. She quickly looked back at Tao who had a large smirk on his face.
"You monster!" Videl yelled.
"Quite young one. I admit, your strength is admirable, but you are no match to me," Mercenary Tao said.
"Is that what you think? Well, I have been trained by the greatest martial artists in the world, so you'll see," Videl explained.
"Humor me girl, who taught you?" Mercenary Tao asked.
"Master Roshi and Hercule Satan," Videl yelled back.
Mercenary Tao begun to laugh maniacally while Videl looked at him in shock. Why is he laughing? Videl questioned in her mind as the man continued to laugh. Videl looked around and still saw Gohan standing unfazed by the explosion. What? How is that possible?
"This is too perfect. It will be my complete and utter pleasure to destroy you," Mercenary Tao explained as he laughed.
"Get out of here Gohan!" Videl yelled toward her friend.
"Gohan?" Mercenary Tao asked as he looked over to the young man. Tao had heard of that name before but couldn't quite pinpoint where he had heard of it.
Gohan grew nervous worried that the man would recognize him. Tao looked back at Videl with a smirk.
"For a second there, I thought he looked familiar but the Gohan I remember had blond hair," Mercenary Tao explained.
"Is that so?" Videl asked. While she thought it was a preposterous idea that Gohan could possibly know this man, she also thought it was absurd that Gohan knew Bulma Briefs. Videl put aside her thoughts. Cars were still on fire nearby and Videl realized she had to end this quickly so the fire fighters could come and neutralize the area.
"No matter girl, you will still die," Tao said.
"I wouldn't count on it," Videl yelled and charged Tao once again.
She positioned her hand ready to punch Tao out. She threw her punch at his face but before she could connect her fist, Tao had kicked her in the stomach sending her back. She flipped and tried to regained her posture despite the large amount of pain in her abdomen. Before she could regain her posture, another kick hit her in the face and knocked her out. She fell on the ground.
"You'll pay for that," Gohan said angrily.
"Oh? What is a scrawny weak boy going to do against me?" Mercenary Tao asked.
"You'd be surprised," Gohan said with a smirk. He jumped nearby Videl to defend her.
"Silence child, now I am going to do this only once. Get ready for the Dodon wave!" Tao yelled.
"Hah!" The wave headed straight toward Gohan while Videl was unconscious behind her on the ground. Gohan smirked as the beam got closer.
With his arm, he extended it to block the blast. The blast was diverted back toward Tao. Immediately, Tao jumped up letting to blast hit a truck not far from the two. The truck blew up sending flames into the air. Tao landed on the ground and stared back at Gohan in disbelief.
"What? Very few have been able to defend that blast. Who are you child?" Tao asked.
"Like I said, you would be surprised. You are going to pay dearly for hurting Videl," Gohan explained.
"No, you can't be. You are the same Gohan! You are the son of Goku," Mercenary Tao stammered.
Videl regained consciousness and immediately got back up on her feet. She was flabbergasted to see Gohan in a surprisingly flaweless defensive position. She saw another truck on fire off in the distance. She must have been knocked out for a little bit. She still saw Tao but something was different about him. He was backing up and almost looked scared. This is too bizarre, Videl thought.
Gohan turned around to see Videl in a state of shock. "What happened?" Videl cried out.
"Umm, I am going to have to find another day to kill you guys," Tao said as he grabbed a tree that had been knocked over from the explosion.
"Sorry to tell you but our fight is not over," Videl said cockily as Tao continued to back up. She gathered that the man was scared that she was back on her feet.
"No way. Not when you fight that kid," Tao said as he launched his tree into the air and leaped in the air landing on it flying off into the distance.
"Get back here!" Videl yelled. By the time she had said that, Tao was long gone.
"Are you okay Videl?" Gohan asked her.
Videl turned to his friend in shock. "Am I okay? Don't you mean, are you okay?" Videl asked.
"I'm fine, but you were knocked out!" Gohan said very concerned for her friend.
"Trust me Gohan, I am find," Videl explained. "Forget about that, how did you scare him away?"
The firefighters were arriving to the scene and sprayed the cars and surrounding area with water. Videl and Gohan backed away on a patch of grass.
"Great work Videl," a fire fighter said.
But I didn't do anything, Videl thought.
Gohan didn't know what to say. He was battling with himself whether he should tell the truth and explain what happened or lie about it. He really wanted to tell the truth, but he surmised that Videl would be angry with him that he had hid his power from her for so long.
"Umm, well after I told him that I was Bulma's godson, he backed off probably not wanting to deal with that. Bulma would of course track him down with all her recourses she had if he were to kill me," Gohan lied. Gohan immediately sulked at the fact that he had just lied to her.
After everything the two had gone through and the fact that they were becoming closer, Gohan immediately regretted lying directly to Videl's face. The problem was that he didn't believe she was ready to truly understand him thus in the moment, the best option he had was to lie. He felt shameful of that fact.
Videl bought the story, as it totally made sense however there was one detail that she didn't quite understand.
"I saw you about to defend yourself if he was about to attack. I don't think I have ever seen such a flawless defensive move, can you show me again?" Videl asked.
"Ummm, I just put up my arms like this," Gohan explained. He mustered up a pathetic defensive position.
It was nothing like that Gohan, Videl thought. What you had was the stance of a seasoned fighter. She decided to drop it for now. She had more important matters to deal with.
"Thanks for telling the truth Gohan. I am glad I can trust you as a friend," Videl said. For some reason, she felt the need to say that. As Bulma said, she had to trust Gohan to receive his trust. She thought that philosophy was indeed working.
Gohan immediately felt even more shameful. Videl trusted him and that was something he spent so much time earning, yet he continued to lie to her. But it's for a good reason! Gohan thought.
"Is something wrong Gohan? It looks like someone you know just died," Videl said.
"Umm, no, I just don't feel too good after all that commotion with Mercenary Tao," Gohan explained.
"Let's go back to Erasa and Sharpner. Maybe some ice cream will lighten you up," Videl explained with a smile.
"Shouldn't you go to the hospital after being knocked out?" Gohan asked concerned.
"Don't worry about it. It isn't the first time," Videl explained.
The two walked back to the ice cream parlor and as they were walking, Videl got the sense something was terribly out of place with Gohan.
"I can't believe that man gave me as much trouble as he did," Videl said frustrated as the two were walking back.
"I have heard of him before. He is incredibly strong," Gohan explained.
"Yeah me too, but he was still way stronger than I thought. After all this training, I thought I would beat him," Videl explained truthfully.
"You look so much stronger but that man is ruthless," Gohan said.
"Yeah I guess," Videl partially agreed. What does he know about fighting? Videl thought.
The two walked back and saw Erasa and Sharpner standing outside the ice cream place.
"Are you okay Videl? I heard the explosions. It looks like you were bleeding," Erasa said running over to her best friend.
"Yeah, everything is okay," Videl explained. "Just some crazy guy with bombs."
But Videl knows it wasn't bombs, Gohan thought. He was wondering why Videl wasn't being honest. Was she trying to protect him somehow?
The four teenagers got ice cream and then said their goodbyes. Erasa and Sharpner both left back home leaving Videl and Gohan alone. Gohan truly felt bad for what he had done. He really wanted to stop lying to her but didn't know how she would take the truth.
"Gohan, you have looked really sad since that crazy Tao guy. Are you sure you are okay?" Videl asked.
Gohan sighed as he sat down on the nearest bench. Videl walked over and sat next to him. Gohan was a little taken aback at how close she was to him. How can I keep lying to her like this? Afterall, Videl doesn't trust people easily. What can I do?
"I just have a lot on my mind," Gohan explained.
"Well talk to me," Videl explained.
"It's more complicated than that," Gohan said.
Is it about that stupid kiss we had? Is it bugging him as much as it does me? Videl thought.
"Umm, does it have to do with me?" Videl asked.
"No, it has to do with Tao," Gohan said. Technically it was to do with that Tao incident however this was far from the truth.
"What about him?" Videl asked.
"Listen, I just don't want to talk about it. I want to go home," Gohan said as he got out his capsule and tossed it on the ground revealing his jet. He left without even saying goodbye.
Videl stood there watching the jet fly off in the distance wondering if she had said something wrong. She had never seen Gohan like this. He was always happy no matter what the situation so this irked her. She sighed as she tossed her capsule on the ground revealing her copter. She got inside, and took off back to home.
The rest of the week went by and Gohan returned to his happy self quickly like nothing had even happened. Videl knew otherwise and while they didn't know each other that long, he could tell Gohan was sincerely happy and that if something irked him, then he couldn't just hide it behind his smile. The four teenagers shared good times for the rest of the week. At the end of the week, Videl left to go toward Master Roshi to train with him again.
However, Roshi, 18, and Krillin knew about Videl's father and the fact that Gohan knew Videl rather well from school. This changed things a little as Krillin and Msater Roshi knew Gohan was waiting for the right time to explain his truth.
"Videl, is something wrong? You seem off today," Master Roshi asked as Videl continued to do exercises in the water.
"I had a run in with a criminal this week and he outclassed me in every possibly way," Videl explained. "I must get stronger!"
"What? Really?" Krillin asked as he watched Videl training.
"Yes," Videl affirmed.
"Who was it? I can tell you are way stronger so that criminal must have been something else," Krillin said.
"Yeah he was. You probably heard of him. His name is Mercenary Tao," Videl said as she continued to exercise knee deep in the warm waters. Krillin looked at Master Roshi who dropped his sunglasses in shock of what he had just heard.
"Videl, take a break, I have a story for you," Master Roshi said as he sat down on his chair on the beach.
Videl stopped her exercise and walked out of the water back on the tiny island. "What is it Master Roshi?" VIdel asked curiously.
"This Tao you speak of. I know him," Master Roshi explained.
This partially shocked Videl. While she was surprised her master knew such a horrible person, she understood because Tao was an excellent fighter despite his ethics.
"Tao's master was my someone I trained with," he explained. This shocked Videl but it did make some sense.
Master Roshi explained his story about his master, Tao, and the Crane Hermit who was the person Roshi trained with. He explained about King Piccolo and how he was involved with his master. Videl stood there glued to Master Roshi as this was a story that greatly interested her.
"That's incredible," Videl explained.
"Yes, it was quite something. I was a lot younger and a lot more handsomer back then," Roshi said. Videl ignored that comment;.
"This Tao guy fired some sort of light at me and exploded. I have always heard they were tricks but I know it was real. Do you know anything about that?" Videl asked.
Krillin and Roshi were both surprised at Videl's remark about how she thought it was real. This was the same person who was affiliated with Hercule Satan and Krillin and Roshi never thought that she would question her father's belief about the so-called tricks.
"Krillin, show her a ki blast," Master Roshi offered.
"Okay Master Roshi," Krillin said.
Krillin raised his hand to eye level and gathered energy for a small blast. He released a small blast as it went off into the distance on the surface of the ocean. A ripple from the blast continued outward as the blast dissipated in the distance.
"How on earth?" Videl said in awe.
"That is a energy blast, similar to the one Tao used on you," Master Roshi said.
"Can you teach me how to do that?" Videl asked. Finally, I can learn what the people at the Cell games did.
"Not yet," Master Roshi explained.
"But Master Roshi! That sort of technique will help me in my crime work," Videl reasoned.
"I will teach it to you when you are ready," Master Roshi offered.
Videl sighed. "Okay." However Master Roshi continued.
"Videl, I have new training for you. If you complete this training, I will teach you how to use your ki to create an energy blast," Master Roshi said. This caught Videl's attention.
"I am going to give you the coordinates to this area in a very forested region far away from any city. There you will find the tallest mast ever created. Very few know about this towering pole however up at the top, there is special training for you," Master Roshi explained.
"Aren't you going to tell me what's up at the top?" Videl asked.
"No, that is for you to find out. You will have to climb to the top and there you will meet someone who is even stronger than I," Master Roshi explained.
Videl was amazed to hear about this new training and was also shocked to hear of even stronger people than Master Roshi. She knew her father was up there with Master Roshi possibly surpassing him but a new fighter? She was always eager to find a new fighter to test her skills on.
"Get some rest tonight because tomorrow, you will have to climb this tower," Master Roshi said.
She decided to take the two-hour trek back home in Satan City since the tower's coordinates were in that direction. She didn't want to do this alone because Krillin had hinted to her that the tower was incredibly tall. She wanted to have back up in case she fell. Krillin also told her that the person at the top would not train her if she did not complete the climb by herself.
On her trek home, she decided to call Gohan to ask him to watch her as she climbed the tall pole. She also wanted to spend some more time with him and this was a perfect opportunity. Maybe she might learn why Gohan was so upset the other day when she fought Mercenary Tao.
Thankfully, she had the number and entered it into her phone. She smirked as she remembered Gohan desperately wanting her not to call his home but she believed they were good enough friends where she could do this.
The phone rang a few times when someone picked up on the other end.
"Hello, this is Goten speaking," the kid chirped on the other end of the call. Videl remembered the boy that was brothers with Gohan.
"Goten, you probably don't remember me, but I was the girl you met with Gohan at Capsule Corp a week ago," Videl said.
"Oh yeah! You are Gohan's girlfriend," Goten explained.
Videl immediately blushed at that thought. What on earth has Gohan been telling his brother? Videl thought, as she was a bit irritated that she had to correct the kid.
"Who on earth told you that?" Videl asked over the phone while blushing and also slightly irritated. She was happy that nobody else was here. She imagined if Erasa was here and she did not like that thought.
"Oh, that's what Trunks said," Goten chirped.
So it was that other boy. The boy that pushed Gohan on top of me. Videl thought. She remembered back to that moment when their lips glided past one another. Ugh, why can't I take that moment back.
"Just put Gohan on the phone and there is no way I am his girlfriend," Videl explained.
Goten laughed. "Whatever you say Gohan's girlfriend," he said jokingly.
This only intensified Videl's blush. She would have to clear her mind quickly if she was to ask Gohan to meet her tomorrow.
"Gohan! Some girl wants to talk to you?" Goten said.
"Girl?" Videl heard over the phone. She assumed it was Gohan's mother.
"Are you Gohan's girlfriend?" A woman picked up the phone asking.
"Mom!" Gohan yelled grabbing the phone from her. "Sorry, who is this?"
"It's Videl," she said.
"Videl, I am so sorry about that. My brother gets crazy ideas sometimes," Gohan said on the phone.
"Ummm, yeah listen. I was wondering if you could meet me at this location tomorrow morning. I could use your help," Videl explained. "That is if you are free of course."
"Yeah, but what is it?" Gohan asked.
"It's a surprise," responded Videl with a smirk.
A/N: Whoa. What will poor Gohan do now? We'll see… Chapter body word count: 5432. Suggestions and constructive criticism appreciated. I'll try to have the next chapter done within the week and possibly sooner... :) Thank you all so much for the reviews. -zfj
