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Asking the Golden Fighter to be her teammate wasn't so bad. She had to admit, they were quite the team. There was no criminal that was able to get away with their crime because she and her gold-haired partner stopped them dead in their tracks. So far it has been good. She hasn't discovered much about the Golden Fighter, though. She did, however, notice he had an unique fighting style. One she had never seen before. Where did he learn it? Was it a style he came up with or did someone teach it to him? If so, who did? Videl wanted to ask him. But she didn't know if he'd lie or tell the truth. Maybe he didn't trust her yet. Maybe he wouldn't tell her for now. Or maybe he would? She didn't know.
Erasa glanced at her side. Videl seemed lost in her own thoughts again. She had never seen her friend so thoughtful about something. Yet Erasa couldn't really blame her for it. Ever since the Cell Games, Videl has always been curious about who were those Golden Warriors that appeared to fight Cell. Even though everyone knew—or at least, almost everyone believed—it was Mr. Satan who beat Cell, those guys still did some fighting. She remembered watching on TV how those Golden Warriors fought the little Cells just before the TV was cut out. And besides, Videl's theory about the Golden Fighter being the Delivery Boy as a teen made sense. Yet, the blonde girl couldn't help but worry that maybe Videl was taking the whole 'discover the truth of the Golden Fighter' thing way too at heart.
Blinking, Sharpner and Gohan looked at each other and shrugged. They both noticed how deep in thought Videl was but they didn't know why. Well, Gohan had an idea, but he wasn't so sure. After all, he wasn't able to understand what was going on in that girl's mind.
Hearing the bell ring was one of the most beautiful things for the students. Especially when it was the last bell. Knowing there were no more classes and you were finally free for the day was a beautiful thought for anyone, no doubt. Gohan was happy to be free. Now all he needed to do was to walk somewhere where there were no people and take off to the sky in direction to his home. Then arrive, being ambushed by his little runt of a brother, eat his mother's food and talk or spar with his father. Not to mention he didn't need to worry about acting 'normal' anymore. He didn't even need to hide his tail!
As he walked, he saw a car being chased by the police. He and other people stopped to see what was going on.
Slimjim and Jumbo were smirking as they raced with the police. Jumbo was driving while Slimjim was sitting in the co-pilot's seat. Besides them, the police car with two policemen glaring at them. "Hey, you donuts-eaters! Catch us if you can!" Jumbo taunted while Slimjim snickered. Jumbo was shown to have very good driving skills when he pushed the police car out of the road without losing control. The police car hit a tap and crashed into a nearby building. Jumbo stopped the car. Both, he and Slimjim got out of the car to admire the 'scenery'.
"Righ' on! You really know how to take care of 'ose stupid cops, Bro," Slimjim complimented with a smirk.
"Yeah!" Jimbo smirked. "I think gettin' the boss' operation movin' is gonna be easier than we thought!"
"Yeah, if all the cops are this stupid. Bro, it's gonna be as easy as hell!"
Gohan walked towards the laughing criminal duo. He couldn't help but have a little smirk on his face. He was going to put them into their place! "You guys shouldn't drive that wild."
Both turned around to face Gohan. "Aw, really? Says who?" Jumbo replied. Slimjim and Jumbo walked towards Gohan.
"Bro, it's a high school kid," Slimjim commented.
"You're pretty rude for a high school kid, 'ey?" Jimbo questioned. "You'll be in a lot of trouble if you provoke the Red Shark Gang. You got that?!" By now, Jimbo grabbed Gohan from his shirt and lifted him up.
Videl ran to the scene but halted when seeing who the one in the criminal's grip was. 'Gohan!'
Gohan still had the same little smirk on his face, showing he was not scared at all from the Red Shark Gang. "You know, I'm sayin' you're the rude ones here."
Jumbo growled. "Shut up!" He tried to punch Gohan, but Gohan dodged it. Jumbo tried a second time but Gohan got out of the way as well. Videl gasped, shocked. Gohan though, didn't notice her and dropped on a fighting stance. He sensed Videl's Ki on the crowd and shrugged. Whatever. She was going to find out he was a fighter someday, anyways.
"You missed me," the half-breed taunted. "Seems you haven't trained enough."
Jimbo was shaking with anger. "How… did you…" He growled. No one other than his boss questioned his strength! He wouldn't allow it!
"You don't seem to be that strong," Gohan continued. "I bet my little brother could mop the floor with you." It was true. Goten outclassed Jimbo by far, but Jimbo didn't have to know that.
Any self-control Jimbo had against hurting Gohan was sent flying out of the window. "I'm goin' to fuckin' kill you!" He launched himself towards Gohan and launched punches and kicks with the sole intent to kill. Gohan dodged them all, and when he got bored with dodging, he just caught Jimbo's fist and kneed him in the stomach, making sure to use only the necessary strength. 'Well, Piccolo can't say I didn't learn how to dodge,' the Saiyan mused quietly to himself as he watched Jimbo grip his stomach and cough up some blood.
Slimjim was quite shocked a teen was able to hurt Jimbo that much. He grunted and glared at Gohan. He went to help his friend to stand. "You okay, bro?"
Jimbo gave a small nod and glared at Gohan. "You little bastard," he seethed as he stood with help of Slimjim. "Don't you dare think you'll get away with this!"
Both criminals got into the car and drove away. Gohan just watched them leave with a smirk. He had stopped them, alright. Most people would get nervous when a criminal like Jimbo would threaten them like that, but not him. After all he'd been through, being threatened by a human criminal was something that wouldn't worry him that much.
"Gohan!"
…But explaining things to Videl would.
Videl rushed to Gohan. She was in complete shock of the event. While she had her suspicions, she wasn't completely sure if Gohan was a fighter. Right now, though, she had seen it with her own eyes. There was silence between the two teens. "Are you okay?" she asked, breaking the awkward silence between them.
"Yeah." And then the silence came back.
"I didn't know you were a fighter," she spoke, breaking the silence between them once again. Her tone was somewhat friendly, but it still had a 'why didn't you tell me sooner?' kind of tone. She had seen the confrontation, and in all honesty Videl was surprised Gohan could handle such a big guy so easily.
Gohan shrugged. "Been one since I was small."
"Really?" Videl blinked. "Who trained you?"
"My Dad."
"I see." Videl frowned. Now that she thought about it, she didn't know much about Gohan's father. Gohan didn't say much about himself or his family for that matter. But now she could guess Gohan's dad was a fighter. He must be a strong one, too.
There was the awkward silence one more. "Well, uh, I have to go," Gohan spoke. "See ya!"
Videl waved. "Bye." She watched as Gohan ran away. She wanted to follow him but realized it wouldn't have been worth it. He would probably get away as he did the first time she followed him. Not to mention her head was full of thoughts at the moment. That stance… that was the very same stance she has seen the Golden Fighter use. Not to mention they seems to have similar styles. She frowned. Gohan said his father trained him. That meant… did Gohan's father train the Golden Fighter as well? But the Golden Fighter used those so called tricks! Did that mean Gohan used them too? That wasn't possible! Maybe she got confused and mistook the Golden Fighter's stance with someone else's. Yeah. That must be it!
As Videl was lost in her own thoughts, she failed to notice the girl that had seen everything as well. The girl had long, curly, orange hair and purple eyes. Her eyes were shining. She knew Gohan from her class. She had always thought he was handsome, but she didn't know he was a fighter! Strong and handsome—what a perfect combination! Her cheeks became red. Oh, how she would like to be Gohan's girlfriend! All she needed to do, was to make him fall for her too.
"Stupid, fuckin' brat! I'm gonna show him!" Jumbo was pissed. No one besides his boss has ever beaten him in a fight. Much less a high school student! He was beyond and angry and if it was for him, he would kill that kid with his own hands. The brat had made him cough up his own blood. Jumbo growled as he remembered the black-haired teen's smirk as he taunted him. "When I see him again, I'm definitely gonna kill him!"
Slimjim was driving the car as Jumbo was obviously too pained to drive it. The delinquent was quite surprised a high school kid managed to take on his friend like that. "Bro, don't let it get you that bad. That kid ain't normal."
"You don't say!" Jumbo replied sarcastically. He scowled. "No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't land a single punch on the lil' punk! He dodged every single one of 'em! An' he even seemed bored when dodgin' 'em! Just what the hell was he?"
Slimjim shrugged. "Dunno, bro. What I do know, though, is that we gotta inform the boss."
Jimbo grunted. "Fine."
A tall man paced with a thoughtful frown. His two most trusted followers came in and gave him a report. It was pleasant to find out the police was indeed as stupid as he believed them to be. Yet, he couldn't help to be surprised to hear Jimbo—the second strongest member of his gang right behind him—was beaten by a high school kid. He didn't know if he should be happy or sad about it. Happy because there were more people that seemed to be stronger than Satan and that proved his point of Hercule being a phony. Sad, because maybe the kid would get in their way. He knew—or at least, he believed—the kid would not beat him, the great Rock. Yet he still knew it was dangerous. Then again, the kid may never appear ever again.
Rock walked and gazed out of the window. His lip soon curved into an evil smirk. The kid seemed to be a problem, but not such a big one. Besides, he had waited way too long for this. He was sick and tired of hearing Mr. Satan saying he was the best, that he was the strongest. Rock knew they were all lies.
He cracked his knuckles and his smirk widened. His decision has been made. Tomorrow, the Red Shark Gang was going to get their plan moving, and then he was finally going to show the real phony Mark "Hercule" Satan was.
The Mayor of Satan City sighed as he continued to work. Another day, more work. He rubbed his eyes. Thankfully, when he finishes these papers, he'd get to have some lunch. Just then, his door burst open. The Mayor almost fell from his chair in surprise. When he looked at the door to see who got in like that, his eyes widened.
A man smirked as he pointed his machine gun at the Mayor. "Sorry, man, but you're our hostage now."
Lunch was definitely Gohan's favorite part of the day. Well… maybe the second favorite. The first favorite was dinner, because he actually got to eat without worrying about being 'normal' and he was with his family. But still, being with his high school friends wasn't that bad. Even when they had to listen to Pen rambling on about something.
Pen was a brown-haired teenager with glasses that was friends with Sharpner. He was notable for believing himself to be the most cult of the school. And he was proud of it, too. Always using whatever chance he got to show off his knowledge. Gohan didn't mind that much. In fact, he learned a lot from Pen. Unfortunately, Pen was also a firm believer of Mr. Satan being the strongest in the world. Gohan was starting to wonder if there even was someone other than the Z-Fighters and their followers/allies that knew the truth.
All in all, it's been a pleasant lunch. Gohan's friends were starting to get used to the half-breed eating habits, yet they still couldn't help but wonder where all that food went. The atmosphere, though, was broken when Videl's watch beeped.
"This is Videl," Videl responded.
"Videl! You've got to come, quick! The Mayor's been kidnapped!"
"What? The Mayor's been kidnapped?" Videl's face turned into a determined one. "I'll go this instant!" She turned to her friends. "Sorry guys. Gotta go! If I don't manage to come back until lunch ends, tell the teacher why I'm gonna be late, okay?"
"You got it, girl!" Erasa nodded and smiled at her best friend.
"Go kick some ass!" Sharpner called as Videl ran off.
"You think she'll be alright?" Gohan wondered. He knew Videl was more than capable to take care of herself—with humans, at least. But he still worried about her. Not to mention he was supposedly her partner. And it would be hard to come up with an excuse of why the Golden Fighter didn't show up to fight. But it would be even harder to come up with an excuse of why he is late to class all the time. Maybe he shouldn't go help her…
"Of course," Pen snorted. "She is Mister Satan's daughter after all. I say she's about as strong as her father now."
…You know what, change of plans.
Videl stood tall and proud as she confronted the Red Shark Gang. So, the scum wanted to fight her father, huh? What a joke! They weren't worth her father's time. She was going to kick their asses and make them wish they never met her. She did wonder if the Golden Fighter was going to appear, though…
"Hey, there!"
Speaking of the devil.
The Golden Fighter landed right next to Videl. "Yo!" he greeted. "Sorry I'm late." He smiled sheepishly. He had come up with the excuse that he supposedly needed to get a book in the school's library and that it was better if he went immediately because if not he would definitely forget about it. Funny thing is, it actually worked!
"It's fine," Videl replied with a smile. "The fight hasn't started yet, anyways."
Rock blinked at the blonde's sudden appearance, but he then smirked. "So, this is the so called Golden Fighter we've been hearin' about."
Gohan glanced at them. He didn't know the tall one, but he did recognize those two thugs he fought yesterday. They didn't recognize him, of course. He shrugged. Maybe it was better that way.
"Alright, kiddos. Nice and brave of ya to show up, actin' so high an' tough, but my business here is with Mister Satan. Bring him here!" Rock demanded.
"No!" Videl glared. "My father's got more important business than fighting stupid thugs like you."
'Like, maybe, hiding in fear,' Gohan guessed. 'For that huge ego of his, he's quite the coward.'
"We're the ones fightin' you here." Videl pointed to herself and the Gold Fighter. "You better not underestimate us."
"Oh, really?" Rock's smirk grew wicked. "Well, fine then. I'll take care of you two little pests first!"
Both Gohan and Videl got into a fighting stance. "You go fight those guys from the back. I'll take the big one on!"
"No," Videl shook her head. "I'll fight the big guy. You take the other ones on." She turned to look at him, and saw his stance. That stance… That stance what exactly the same one Gohan had used yesterday when fighting that thug! She was right! They had the same fighting stance! It wasn't something made by her imagination. It was no mistake either. It was true! But how was it possible?
"What? But why? I wanna take the big guy on," the Super Saiyan replied, snapping Videl out of her thoughts.
Despite her surprise, Videl shook her head. "No. This guy's the one that wants to fight my father. I'll get him from that. You get the others."
Gohan sighed. "Fine."
He charged to the thugs that were holding the mayor hostage. One of them grabbed the machine gun and without remorse he shot. None of the bullets affected Gohan, of course. Noticing this, the thugs were scared for their lives. Slimjim and Jumbo could not believe it. It all happened to quick, but within a second, the Golden Fighter had beaten all of them.
The Mayor's eyes were wide and his jaw was hanging wide open. Never in his life had he seen someone move so fast, be unaffected by bullets and defeat strong thugs so easily! He had heard about the Golden Fighter, but this was the first time he ever saw him in person. But so strong and with such... powers! No wonder why people made a legend out of him!
"Are you okay, sir?" Gohan asked.
The Mayor blinked. "I'm fine, I'm fine. Thank you so much, m'boy! I've never seen someone as powerful as you. You can even take bullets! There's no wonder people made a legend out of you, Golden Fighter!" The Mayor didn't understand how the teenager was able to take bullets and not die, and as anyone else, he wanted an explanation. But the Mayor was a smart man, and he knew that was not the place or time to question him.
Gohan laughed sheepishly. "Thanks, I guess..."He turned to see Videl's fight against Rock. Rock was indeed strong, but Videl was even stronger. She was better trained, and with better strategy than him. Gohan couldn't help but notice that maybe, if Videl learned to control her Ki, she would be an awfully strong warrior. Not as strong as Krillin, Yamcha or Tien but strong enough to put up a good fight with them.
Deciding to end the fight, Videl kicked Rock's gut hard. He groaned and put his hands in his stomach before falling unconscious. Videl smirked. "Work's done."
Gohan nodded. "Indeed." He checked the hour on his watch. 'CRAPBASKETS! Lunch's break's about to end!' He turned to Videl. "Sorry, Videl. But I've got some business to attend to. 'Til the next crime for us to stop appears! Bye!" And without a word, Gohan took off, surprising the Mayor and the police.
"I wonder why he was in such a hurry," Videl spoke softly as she checked her watch. 'OH DARN IT! Lunch's break's about to end!' She turned to the policemen. "Guys, take these guys to jail where they belong. I gotta go, right now!" And ignoring all of the policemen's calls, she ran to her school in hopes of arriving in time.
The bell just rang when Videl managed to catch up with her friends at school. "Yes! I did it in time!"
Erasa smiled at her. "Hey, girl! How did the crime-stopping go?"
"It was fine," Videl replied. She glanced at Gohan, still suspicious about him, when noticing a book in his hands. "What's with the book, Gohan?"
Gohan shrugged. "I needed to get a book from the library. It took me almost the whole break to find it but in the end, I found it!" Knowing it was suspicious to come back with no book when he said he was going to go to the library, Gohan made a run for it and got whatever book he found. He found a biology book that just happened to have contents that they were learning, so it didn't look suspicious.
Videl nodded, believing the book story but still with suspicions. After all, she did realize Gohan had the same fighting style than the Golden Fighter. She shrugged it off. English was up next and the teacher had said they were going to discuss a very interesting topic for today's class. Videl just wondered what it was.
As they entered the classroom, the same orange-haired girl that saw Gohan fight yesterday smiled at him, a pink blush covering her cheeks. She giggled to herself, imagining how cool and romantic it would be to have Gohan as her boyfriend...
And there's chapter 7! Now Videl's realized Gohan and the Golden Fighter have similar fighting stances! Man, that girl's smart, huh? Not only that, but the Red Shark Gang has been defeated! Not that it was so hard. And who's the girl that seems to have a *gasp* crush on Gohan? You all probably deduced it already but meh...
By the way, remember that student of OSH that appears in the first episode Gohan goes to school, as well as in the WMAT along Erasa and Sharpner? He doesn't have a name in Canon, so I just named him Pen. As we don't know much of his personality other than his physical appearance, I just came up with him being a cult guy and he's proud of it, too, always looking for chance to show off his knowledge. Of course, he means good and he's a nice dude. Unfortunately, as shown in canon, he believes firmly in Mr. Satan and his lies. Unfortunately, because he believes in a lie and may never find out about the truth.
You know, as a title for this chapter I considered to put Red Shark Gang, as Videl and Gohan fight them. But I decided it would be better to put this title—Fighting Stances—because Videl realizes Gohan and the Golden Fighter have similar fighting stances, and this is a "Videl discovers Gohan's secrets" story, after all!
Anyways, time to reply reviews!
shugokage: Thank you! I hope you like what I've got planned for this story! I'll try to be as original as possible!
dcp1992: Thanks! I agree with you, it's strange to see a story that has a focus in Videl and Erasa's friendship. I thought it would be nice that Videl told her suspicions to someone, and who's better than her own best friend? Heh heh! Hope you liked this chapter as well!
Lightningblade49: Can't say if it'll be one of them who finds out about one of Gohan's secrets, but I do think that it would be funny to see them struggle to keep their mouth shut. I think Erasa would have a hard time hiding something from Videl, and for some reason, I don't see Sharpner as someone that good in keeping secrets. Anyways, hope you liked the chapter! :)
lightshadow101: But of course I watch TFS! They're the best parody of DBZ ever! Yeah, I watched episode 41. I also loved that scene with Yamcha and Trunks, especially Yamcha's reply, "Ah, you know. Hangin' in there," and Trunks is like, "Uh..." XD But I scene I loved of that episode is when Krillin tells Trunks, "Quick warning! Be super nice to Goku's wife. She can be a total —" and is hit by the door when Chi-Chi opened it believing it was Gohan, aaaand the Krillin Owned Count increased one more time. Funny part is, that actually happened in canon. Krillin getting hit with the door by Chi-Chi, I mean. I also loved when Krillin says they'll move Goku to Kame House, and both Yamcha and Gohan say that that is, literally, the second place they'll look. Which is true! xD I love TFS... I LOVE THEM! I could ramble on all day about them! xD But back to the story, I hope you liked this chapter as well! ;D
RPGNerd: Ding, ding, ding! We've got a winner! And your prize is... uh... an imaginary cookie! *hands over imaginary cookie* It's true Gohan backed down when noticing Videl in canon, but this time it didn't happen! I always wondered what would Videl think if she saw Gohan fight against thugs and win with her own eyes. Hope you enjoyed the chapter! :)
IxiaLiliana: Thank you so much! I glad you like my story! Believe me, I'll try and make Videl discover Gohan's secrets the most original way possible. That's my objective at least. Hope you liked this chapter as well! :)
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