I'm so sorry guys! My life was so busy this month that when I noticed that it had been one whole month since the last update, I was shocked! I also had an author's block so… sigh.

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Chapter 8

To say that Videl believes in the legend of the dragon balls was a lie. Her mother always told her the legend when she was a kid, it was her bed story, and she loved the way that her mother explained it. She always did a theater, her fingers moving in a fast way, mimicking the magic to simulate when someone did wishes. Erasa and Sharpener loved to sleep at Videl's house, being this one of the motives, but they didn't believe in that either; the dragon balls just didn't exist.

"You really believe that those things are real? It's just a story for kids!" The raven haired teenager was the first to say out loud what they all were thinking. She couldn't believe that a grown up woman still believed in something like that.

"Who said it's just a story for kids?" Bulma said crossing her legs, one hand still holding the sphere, and a huge smile on her face. "When I first reunited them I remember the wish coming true. And the other times too." Her smile turned into a smirk as the teenagers' mouth opened. She just loved their reaction; obviously the genius loved how normal humans react at true magic, ki and aliens – even the last one making all the troubles they were facing now. "How you three think that all people, who died because of Cell, came back to life?" Now she was looking at the sphere with a soft smile.

"You couldn't be saying that…" Sharpener said in a murmur.

"Yep. We wished them back." Their faces showed pure shock. "One particular person didn't come back though… and that did a huge impact on all of us. But that's another story." With a deep breath she clapped her hand after putting the sphere on her lap, now they could see that it seemed to have four stars inside it. "Ok so, I'll call your school today and tell the three of you will be doing an internship here for unknown time. I'll even send some scores of tests if you want to."

"YES!" Was the reaction of Sharpener who immediately received a hit on his ribs, courtesy of Videl. "What?! Someone here really needs good grades!" She face palmed.

"Is that what got your attention?! Not the part of the 'unknown' time?!" At that he blinked before doing an "o" mouth shape, showing he did understand her point.

"Is it that hard to gather the Dragon Balls?" Erasa asked still looking at the glowing yellow ball at Bulma's lap. She was quite interested in it, as the stars inside it seemed to face her in any way she looked at it. She was in trance. "I mean, we'd take that long to gather them?" Bulma put her index finger on her mouth to think; if she went alone back in her times it'd took forever to get all the dragon balls, but they had Videl, who is a fighter – not as strong as Kuririn – but it should do, right? Or should she ask someone to go with them? There was also the Keepers to be concerned about, as it was almost certain that they'd run into some aliens along their way.

"Hm, maybe I should ask Kuririn to go with you. It can be dangerous after all." She grabbed the four star dragon ball and stood up. "Come, I'll call your school, and Kuririn, so you guys can start right now." She was almost at the door when a female voice called her.

"Wait!" As the blue haired looked behind, Videl went ahead. "How finding the dragon balls will help us to find Gohan?"

"Oh. Sorry I thought I had explained that, my bad." She giggled. "I'll give him this one, so you guys can find him once you gathered all the others balls." At the quizzed faces she sighed. "When I was young I built a radar that can show where the dragon balls are. You see, they emanate this particular energy so I just isolated it and did the dragon radar. As you already know, this one is the four star; I'll just put into a box to block the energy and when you gather the others you'll go directly to him." They frowned, but if this was the only way to find Gohan, they'd do that – even if it sounded absurd.

"Fine then. Let's wait for Kuririn." The trio said in unison.

"Oh but what is the condition?" Videl said frowning; the woman didn't tell them yet.

"That my dear, is something I have to tell you all after Kuririn arrives."


An irritated growl could be heard through the lookout. Gohan had lost track of time since he started to try to get the handle of instant transmition because he kept failing to do it right. He was sitting at the edge of the place, while Piccolo was inside raising his ki in a small amount so Gohan could track him down easily. It wasn't working.

"Damn it!" The yell caught the entity known as 'God' attention, making him take his eyes from a family fight to see his best friend bury his face into his hands.

"Having a hard time?" A smirk crossed his face and a sarcastic chuckle came along; the demi saiyan didn't even notice that it had been two days since he started his training. All the time he was sitting there, at the edge of the lookout, stopping just to eat and bathroom sometimes. A muffled sound came as answer to his question and his chuckle turned into laugh. "You know, you should give yourself a break. Like, why don't you go to a village or something?"

"You're kidding right?" Gohan said getting his hands out of his face and narrowing his eyes at the entity. "If I wanted to walk with someone I'd do it with my friends. But I can't because I'm hiding. Sooo I can't go out."

Dende raised an eyebrow. Gohan was so dense sometimes that even he couldn't understand him.

"And why are you hiding again?" Another annoyed sound came.

"Really Dende? Are you really the Kami of Earth?" Falling at his back, Gohan hit the floor of the lookout. "I can't risk their safety. I bring danger to people around me, remember?" His answer was a sigh.

"And how exactly you found that answer?" Gohan sat again at that.

"Really?" As Dende kept looking at him, the teenager took a deep breath. "It all started when I was four. Crazy uncle ring any bells?" Dende nodded. "Saiyans came to earth after my dad died, we go to Namek, which exploded, and Earth is attacked again. In all those I was present." Dende had to nod at that, Gohan really had a point but it was all coincidence at his eyes. "Everyone I care about is in danger. I couldn't save my father, I couldn't save Vegeta." He now looked at his own hands and clenched his fists in anger.

"I see your point... but I-" Dende was cut off by Gohan's voice once more.

"Heck, I can't even confess to the girl I like because she may turn into a target if some crazy enemy appears!" Dende widened his eyes; even though he is known as God he never knew Gohan liked someone.

"Wait what? You do like someone?!" Immediately the demi saiyan's face turned crimson; he let his guard down and spoke something he shouldn't.

"No, I mean, yes. It's complicated!" Again he buried his face in his hands, making his voice came out muffled. "I… I can't have someone special. It's too dangerous. I decided to bury it inside me and don't tell anyone so please, keep it a secret, ok?" Looking at the way his friend was acting, Dende couldn't help but agree. He always knew that the difficult childhood Gohan had did let some 'scars' on his personality, but until now he didn't know how deep they were; his friend acted well to make sure everyone believed he was fine and it worked. It was so deep that he would push everyone he cares about away, to save them.

"Are you two chatting, again? I should be more severe with both of you!" Piccolo's voice came into their minds, making the duo flinch; the oldest Namek knows how to be scary when he wants to.

"I was taking a break sorry! Back into the training!" Gohan answered fast and started over. Dende didn't reply to Piccolo, instead he kept looking at his friend with a mix of emotions.

'Deep wounds. But is he really wrong? He was born with an immense power but that just made things worse…' With a sigh he turned his attention to the Earth bellow. Since Wickey got Vegeta, the Keepers kept it low; no charging at aliens since then. Dende could only think that something bad was about to happen, and he wished he was wrong. Every day, for one hour or more, he was dedicated in trying to find Vegeta in secret. He even tried to keep an eye on Wickey but it turned out impossible; or the man knew how to control his ki or he had some device that made him untraceable. Either way it was frustrating. The rest of his day he just looked over the Earth and, since two days ago, he found a new way of entertainment: watch Gohan's friends – plus Kuririn – travel in search of the Dragon Balls.

They got pretty far until now, Bulma's new moving house was doing its job pretty well, and Kuririn was trying his best to not spill everything out about Gohan, himself, and the rest of the gang. Eighteen was now living with them at the lookout, Maroon too of course; they couldn't just stay at Kame's house and wait for the Keepers to find them. When she arrived Gohan asked her about Dr. Gero's labs, but for his surprise she knew nothing; but she also said that her memory could have been erased for the doctor's own safety. She and her brother were unstable after all.

So the half breed went back to his training and stood there since then, while her husband called every night to know how her day was; Dende actually thought it was really sweet of the bald monk. Now the short man was driving by a desert, the dragon radar pointing to their first Dragon Ball. Bulma sent Trunks to the lookout two days ago with a box, that could contain the energy of the dragon ball of four stars, and asked him to just open it when the group got the other six; she had told them that she'd help them find Gohan after all. Dende smiled; what was going to happen next?


Videl narrowed her eyes at the fridge, there was only water and a few fruits now and she had high hopes for the next town for supplies. In the end she got a bottle of water and sat on the couch, she sure was enjoying her time away from the city and all the crimes that surrounds it; no one was going to call her this time so she could finally relax. Kuririn was driving for a few days now; he said that he didn't want any of the three of them to drive, even they knowing how. It was something about Bulma doing some crazy experiment with the capsules that made he do that decision.

With a smile Videl looked at her friends; the moving house wasn't giant, but it wasn't small either, as they still had plenty of space for furniture even after the huge wide screen. Sharpener and Erasa were playing some fighting video game, and for her surprise the one wining was the blonde female. Videl laughed at Sharpener when he lost for the tenth time, it was then that he finally gave up and convinced Erasa to watch a movie instead. At some point the brunette grew tired of the movie, as she had watched it a few times back at her home, and sat by Kuririn's side.

"So, how long until the first dragon ball?" She said while looking at the dragon radar. Kuririn chuckled.

"I see you're anxious huh." As the girl nodded he smiled. "Don't rush it, follow the flow and learn things. You all will grow up in the end of this hunting." Videl pouted.

"Can you give me an example of what I can learn?" She really wanted to know what she could possibly learn in this crazy – and no logical for her – trip. Kuririn looked at her with the corner of his eyes, wondering if he should tell her everything and when he looked ahead again he spoke.

"First, that maybe aliens aren't bad, but that most humans are." That got him a strange look from Videl, but he didn't care. "Second… well, you'll find that all you think you know about martial arts is… not enough."

'What the hell?' She frowned at the short man, did he just said that she knows nothing of martial arts?! She's Hercule's daughter and one of the strongest people in the world!

"Sorry but I think I'm pretty good in martial arts. No offense." She said with both hands up. Kuririn sighed.

"None taken. I didn't say you aren't good in it. But you may change your mind soon." She pondered his answer and sighed 'I'll think about that later…'.

"About aliens…" Videl started. "I think they aren't all bad. But I don't get why you said that most humans are… bad. We didn't invade anyone's planet." She saw Kuririn took a deep breath, like he was wondering what to say. Well in the past he kind of invaded a planet, but they weren't bad and even helped the namekians; but she had no need to know that.

"Ok some," That part was specific to Vegeta and Frieza. "May had come to conquer our planet, but something, or someone, stopped them. But, did you ever heard about any alien alliance that wants to conquer the Earth?" Videl frowned in thought, and soon enough denied with her head. "I had heard, saw, and fought with a human organization that wanted that." She immediately started to think, trying to find, or remember, something about an organization from her history classes. "They were the Red Ribbon. Mean humans that wanted nothing more than power." Her eyes widened, her brain brought back all the classes she had about them.

"What?! But they vanished long ago! And no one knows how it happened!" Her sudden yell caught her friends' attention, and stopping the movie they looked at the duo.

"I know what happened. I was there after all. The RR army was overpowered by a friend of mine. He was really strong that time and got even more after the years that came by. It's just as I told you Videl, all you know about martial arts is not enough." Kuririn then stopped the moving house under a three in the woods they had just entered. The dragon radar was doing loud noises; it was like yelling to them that they were near the dragon ball. Getting up he looked at her, the radar on his hands. "Let's talk about that later, who wants to get the first dragon ball?" With a smile he walked out of the house, searching for some danger with his ki, the monk smiled when he felt nothing.

"What was that Videl?" Sharpener asked while meeting her at the door.

"I hope we'll find out soon." Was all she said before going after Kuririn.

"Videl's detective side is coming up with full force!" Erasa said while tapping her friend's shoulder before walking out. With a sigh, and a small smile, he followed the trio.


Kuririn was laughing as if there was no tomorrow, his belly aching from the continuous movement that he couldn't hold back; the scene was just too fun for him. The teenagers were running for a huge dinosaur that chased them for at least twenty minutes, the dragon ball on his back glowing with intensity as if it was having fun too. At first the teenagers wanted to grab the sphere by themselves, it was easy considering that the monster was sleeping; if Sharpener had keep silence when Erasa lost her balance and stepped into his foot, plus punching his face, they'd managed to get it without problems. Well Videl also helped in waking up the big dinosaur as she yelled to them to be quiet or the animal would awake. After that they just run away yelling and waking up all kind of animals that, as Kuririn, were watching the scene also laughing. Now, it can seem that he is a bad person, but the reason it was so funny was because the dinosaur wasn't a predator; he was an herbivore. He was just angry at the trio for waking him up; he wouldn't eat them like Erasa was yelling while she runs.

"He's gonna eat us! Someone help!" They run past Kuririn for the third time and finally someone noticed that he was almost dying with his own laugh. Sharpener then started to get the attention of the dinosaur and run into Kuririn's way. The monk blinked when the blonde teenager went past him, stopping his laugh when he saw the huge animal running towards him. With a smirk he got into a straight posture, releasing only a little bit of ki – not allowing his aura to be seen – and it was really effective. The dinosaur's eyes widened immediately after sensing the strong energy and he started to stop, his frontal paws tried to make his body stop but he was too fast. He was going to hit Kuririn.

"Kuririn avoid him!" Videl yelled worried, but for her surprise the monk smirked again and put just his left hand in front of him. 'What is he doing?!'

"It's gonna hit him!" Erasa yelled in horror. But something incredible happened.

The dinosaur's head made contact with Kuririn's hand and it was like he had hit a wall instead. The man didn't even shake, but the animal was now unconscious.

"Well, it was fun guys', thanks!" He laughed once more. "But this guy is herbivore so you didn't have to run like that." A stupid grin was now glued on his face, and it seemed that the man wasn't noticing the glares he was getting. But he didn't finish amazing the three teenagers as he just jumped and landed on the back of the dinosaur to get the dragon ball. "Sorry boy," he said with a pat on the monster's head. "I had to stop you." Jumping back to the ground he looked at his group. "So, what did you guys learn today?" The stupid grin was once again on his face.

"That you can make a dinosaur unconscious?!" Was all Sharpener yelled in shock.

"That wasn't the answer I wanted, specifically from the one who made him go in my direction." He was just teasing the boy as he was about to interfere anyway.

"How on Earth did you do that?!" Erasa said getting closer to him and looked down to see his face, well she was taller than him. He sighed.

"You know guys; I'm not weak as you think. I did get into the finals of the world martial arts you know? You guys stuck together with Videl and don't know that?" At the mention of the tournament Videl's mind started to race, how she didn't notice it before?! Maybe because so much stuff was going on and she just let it slides?! Either way now she just kept hearing his voice on her head All you know of martial arts is not enough.

"What! So can you train me?!" Sharpener said getting closer to him with enthusiasm; he had to receive training from another person as strong as Mr. Satan, so he could get even stronger! Kuririn blinked at that as he never thought in being a master for someone, but he did think Videl was going to ask him it, not Sharpener. With a frown he was about to answer but Videl spoke before he could.

"Me too! Since we are away from my routine I want to be trained too!" She just couldn't let it slide! And she had a feeling that it would lead her to some answers for her numerous questions that were created over the years. Kuririn sighed; would he be ready to teach the turtle style and ki to these teenagers?

"I'll think about it. I'm not… into martial arts anymore. Maybe I've reached my limit." He scratched his bald head.

"Oh please! I'm sure you're almost at the same level of Mr. Satan!" Sharpener said with enthusiasm. Kuririn on the other hand sweat dropped; he hated the idea of being compared with that weakling and lying person. He was much stronger. His eyes showed how wounded he were with those words and Videl didn't let it pass; another question for the future. Murmuring something that could be translated as 'Don't compare me with that oaf' came out of his lips, but the trio didn't understand. In the end he said once more that he'd think about being their master and made the moving house appear from a capsule. It was late, and he still had to call his wife.

With everyone set in their beds he got down to the living room and got his phone. He don't know why and for how long he stood there just looking at it, but his fingers finally dialed her number. It took a while for Eighteen get it.

"I was sure you wouldn't call me today." He smiled, he was pretty sure she didn't get at the first ring just to punish him for not calling sooner.

"Sorry, I didn't want to stop by the desert and we were close to the first dragon ball so…" He heard her giggle; it wasn't a really rare thing but she still did it not as many times as he wanted her to.

"Those kids are going to make the hunting take forever. You'd be much faster alone and flying." With a smile Kuririn put his back on the couch's back, relaxing.

"I know that it'd be faster but I'm having a good time, you know? They even asked me to teach them martial arts." He made a pause. "Not so sure about that though."

"Why not give it a shot? Master Roshi even said you already know everything of Turtle's style." That got him in surprise; sure he still did some basic training, but it was more to let him in shape. "Try it. I'm sure they'll enjoy the new world you'll show them." He smiled; his wife did change after all the years.

"I'll give it a try. But just because you said so." He heard her laugh.

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And finished! I'm really going to try and bring the next chapter sooner! If I can't, I'll update two at once ok?!

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P.S.: I hope my editions made my English a little better :3