Thanks to running off ahead of the others, Videl and Gohanna managed to qualify for the tournament before Vegeta destroyed the punching machine. Gohanna was glad to see it go, there was so much more to martial arts than brute strength, a punching machine was a terrible way to judge the "best" fighters.

Despite how strong she knew Gohanna to be, Videl was still shocked to see how well Trunks, Goten and Pan could fight. To her they seemed fairly well matched. "Which one do you think will win?"

Gohanna considered for a moment, "They're all fairly well matched. I think it will come down to whoever has to fight twice. One of them will have to fight the other in the semifinals and they will not be able to fight as well in the finals as the one who had an easy opponent. My guess is Goten would beat Pan, but lose to Trunks, but Trunks would lose to Pan."

"Why?" Videl asked. "If Trunks can beat Goten and Goten can beat Pan then how can Pan beat Trunks?"

Gohanna smirked, "Trunks would try and taunt Pan and piss her off. Pan and Goten are like siblings, they get along well. However, Pan will never allow herself to lose to Trunks. And Trunks is too arrogant to believe for a second that he could lose to her so he won't be taking her seriously. If she gets in quick before he wakes up from his delusions she can take him down a peg."

The two returned to watching the tournament, ignoring the others as they joined them. Nevertheless the atmosphere became very awkward when Goku joined them. It became more so every time Goku commented on Goten or Pan's strength. Gohanna's voice became increasingly tight as she repeated that she had taught them.

Eventually it was time for the semifinals. As Gohanna had said, Goten and Trunks ended up fighting in the semifinals while Pan was left with a regular kid. As she had said, Goten ended up losing the fight.

Vegeta took the opportunity to taunt Gohanna, "Such a shame that all your teaching will prove useless when your spawn faces off against a Saiyan elite."

Gohanna merely raised an eyebrow at him and said, "Remind me again who won our last spar. It seems to me that the student of that person might stand a better chance of winning."

Vegeta fumed at the response and levelled a deadly glare at Krillin who had laughed at Gohanna's boast.

Gohanna's prediction to Videl came true, Trunks was clearly not taking Pan seriously and while he was in the middle of taunting her, Pan charged at Trunks, tackling him out of the ring, using her weight to force him to land on his back with her on top of him, very carefully not touching the ground. There was a moment of silence before cheers erupted.

Gohanna smirked at Vegeta who looked embarrassed by his son, "I see you've been teaching him arrogance. Too bad while you were doing that I was teaching my kid how to fight."

Videl watched, deeply embarrassed, as her father came out grand-standing and then lost to a six year old girl. She was disgusted to see the crowd buying his bullshit, but she consoled herself with the knowledge that it really was hard to believe a six year old could beat any adult, let alone the so-called champion.

As soon as they called for the adult fighters to begin preparing, the group left for the locker rooms. Gohanna broke off from the group halfway there and, confused, Videl asked where she was going.

"I want to go see the kids and tell them I'm proud of them for doing so well. Besides, I want to make sure Goten and Trunks don't feel too bad about losing."

Goku felt more guilt at the knowledge that it had not occurred to him at all to check up on his son.

They continued on towards their goal leaving the teenager alone. She used her ki sense to quickly locate her daughter. She gave her a hug and told her how proud she was of her and that she was very clever to take advantage of Trunks' arrogance.

After that Gohanna set off to find her little brothers. When she saw them she didn't know whether to be exasperated or amused. She settled on incredulous. "What do you think you're doing?" she asked.

Trunks and Goten jumped, but tried to play it off, "Sorry, miss, what are you talking about?" Trunks called out in a deep voice hoping the disguise would fool her.

She stared at him marveling at his stupidity, "Do you really think anyone is going to believe this?" She asked, gesturing at the outfit.

"What do you mean?" Trunks called out in the deep voice again, desperate.

"Trunks," she said firmly, "I can sense your ki. That's why I came in here. Your arms are not nearly proportional to the rest of your body. The mask doesn't fit, Goten's legs are obviously too short for a body that size. Goten has eye holes for Dende's sake! Did you really think you would fool anybody?"

Goten and Trunks looked away, embarrassed. They hadn't owned up to it yet so Gohanna decided to take it further.

"How are you expecting to fight? At some point Trunks you are going to try and kick or Goten will try to punch. What then? And do you expect to be calling out for Goten to kick or Trunks to punch? Don't you think someone will find that strange? And people probably know…what's this guy's name?"

Trunks mumbled, "We don't know," in an embarrassed tone.

Gohanna gaped at them, "You don't know? What exactly were you planning to do? Impersonate someone you don't know who fights in a style you aren't familiar with and hope nobody notices? You don't think this guy might have friends or family in the audience? And what about when you go up against one of us? We can sense ki, we would recognize you and I tell you right now none of us would go easy on you in a fight and all we would have to do is expose you and you'd be disqualified. Plus I've already sent Pan to hang out with my mother, don't you think she and Bulma are wondering where you are?"

Trunks and Goten wouldn't look at her. They felt stupid for overlooking what seemed to be such obvious flaws in their supposedly brilliant plan.

"Besides," Gohanna continued, "what are you going to do when this guy wakes up and tells people you attacked him and stole his clothes? That's assault and theft which happens to be a crime. What then? You'd be caught red-handed."

This startled Goten, "But Trunks said nothing bad would happen."

Gohanna sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose. "Goten, I know we've talked about not believing everything Trunks says. He tells you things that will get you to go along with him even when he knows good and well that they aren't true."

Trunks wondered if he should feel offended about what was being said about him. It wasn't like it wasn't true.

Gohanna sighed again, "Come on. Ditch the sheet and I'll take you out to your moms."

They did so, disappointed that they really wouldn't get the chance to compete on the adult tournament after all.

After dealing with her little brothers Gohanna hurried back to the others, hoping she wasn't late. Thankfully she arrived just as they were calling her name. She reached into the lottery box and pulled out the number 7. As she stepped back and rejoined the group she heard Videl hiss, "Where were you?"

Gohanna pinched the bridge of her nose again and said, "I have very idiotic little brothers." Despite the questioning looks she was getting from the other Z fighters she refused to say more. They all noticed the twitch on her left eye when the announcer began calling for "Mighty Mask". Nobody came forward and several tournament officials went off to look for the missing competitor.

Things took a turn for the worst when he was found unconscious. It was obvious that someone had attacked him and given the circumstances it seemed obvious that the attacker had been a fellow competitor. It was against the rules to attack each other outside of matches and whoever was responsible would be disqualified. Unfortunately, nobody was owning up to it. The tournament was officially on hold until officials decided what to do. Gohanna stared into the crowd, searching for the actual culprits and was satisfied to see them looking guilty and rather sheepish.

After almost a half-hour of waiting it was announced that the tournament would go on as normal, but when Mighty Mask woke up they would determine who had attacked him and that person, if they had not already been beaten, would be disqualified. Mighty Mask's opponent would get an automatic through to the next round when his match came unless Mighty Mask was awake and ready to compete.

The competitors all move into the waiting area as Krillin and Pintar's match began.

Videl pounced on Gohanna the second they were away from the tournament officials, "What was that about?"

Gohanna sighed and repeated, "I have very idiotic little brothers."

Videl stared uncomprehendingly before it dawned on her, "You mean Goten and Trunks attacked Mighty Mask? Why?"

They had attracted the attention of the rest of the Z fighters, though fortunately they were quiet enough to not be overheard by anyone else. Gohanna looked at them all and said, "They were going to pretend to be Mighty Mask so that they could compete in the tournament."

Videl stared at her incredulously, "That's moronic."

Gohanna snorted, shaking her head, "You're telling me. I told them all the reasons they were idiots and then sent them to their moms. And they better believe I will be telling Mother and Bulma what they did."

Goku tried to intervene, "Come on Gohanna, don't you think that's a little harsh? They were just having a bit of fun."

Gohanna looked at Goku as though he had grown another head, "Bit of fun?" she said in a voice full of disbelief. "It's a crime. What they did was illegal. And they've had training in order to defend themselves, not to allow them to attack people who have something they want, they know better than that. And they know better than to try and sneak into the tournament. So no, Father," she sneered, "it is not harsh. It's good parenting. Not that you would know anything about that." She very pointedly turned her back on him and started talking to Videl.

Gohanna inwardly sighed, she really didn't mean to keep snapping at her father, it was like every single thing he said set her off. She had hoped that seven years might have changed her father, caused him to mature a little, but it seemed not.

Nobody was surprised to see Krillin wipe the floor with his opponent without any effort. They were all surprised, however, when Piccolo forfeited his match to Shin. Gohanna narrowed her eyes, focusing her senses on Shin. Piccolo must have sensed something dangerous in order for him to back down. According to her senses though there was nothing special about him. He noticed her attention and sent her a small smile. She took a moment to examine the smile. It didn't look like a gesture of goodwill, but at the same time it did not seem to be taunting. It seemed almost like a deliberately mysterious smile in order to confuse her. She decided to ignore it in order to focus on Videl's match. It didn't take long for the enigmatic Shin to fade away, replaced by the infinitely more appealing site of her girlfriend laying a beat down on her opponent.

She let out a dreamy sigh, "That's so hot."

Krillin snorted and, seeing the dreamy look on her face, dissolved into a fit of giggles. Piccolo looked amused at his student, though that amusement faded quickly when he saw the girl frown and become more alert. "What is it?" he asked, drawing the attention of every person in the room. They all looked to the girl as she slowly said, "Something is wrong."

"What do you mean?" Goku asked, slightly worried that he was about to be yelled at again.

Thankfully Gohanna was distracted as she replied, "His ki. It's at the level of a normal person, but it hasn't lowered a bit through the whole fight. Videl is wailing on him, but he doesn't seem to have weakened at all."

The Z fighters all focused their senses and confirmed what Gohanna had said. Her frown deepened, "Think isn't normal," she said.

They watched with increasing trepidation as Videl wore herself out and Spopovitch's ki remained completely level. Gohanna was almost relieved when Videl broke Spopovitch's neck; at least this way the girl was safe. Unfortunately, she had a lock on both opponents' ki and she knew that Spopovitch's ki was still untouched.

"Something is very, very wrong," she said again. She called out, "Videl leave the ring."

Before Videl could do so Spopovitch was back on his feet and fixing his neck. A very strong sense of dread came over Gohanna and she shouted at Videl to forfeit. Unfortunately, Videl was very stubborn and she refused.

The sight of her girlfriend being beaten and toyed with enraged Gohanna and she knew that if she wasn't careful she could lose control of her power and that was dangerous. Her control snapped when Videl started crying while Spopovitch slowly crushed her head. She quickly ascended to Super Saiyan and struggled not to power up any further. Goku stepped forward and made to restrain her, but was stopped by a growled out, "Don't touch me."

Gohanna had just decided to say ti hell with it and run out and save the girl when another competitor, who looked a lot like Spopovitch she noted, told him to end it. As soon as Videl was out of the ring Gohanna dropped her transformation and ran to the girl's side. She shooed away the medics with the stretcher and picked her girlfriend up herself. She vaguely heard her father saying something about going to Korin's and quickly followed after the medics to the room where they would treat Videl.

She pointedly ignored the rather unsubtle suggestions that she leave the room and settled down to wait. If her Father was going to Korin's then she just needed to wait for him to get back. If there were no senzu beans then Goku could just use Instant Transmission to take them to the lookout and Dende could heal her.

Gohanna was jolted out of her thoughts by the rather loud arrival of Goku. She couldn't help the sneer of disgust that appeared on her face. She wiped it off quickly by reminding herself that he was legitimately concerned for his daughter.

When Hercule noticed the girl he immediately demanded she leave. He was very surprised at the cold look on the girl's face as she very firmly told him she was not leaving, but he was welcome to try and make her. He was just working himself up into a rant when Goku appeared in the room. He wordlessly handed her the bag of senzu and waited while she gave one to Videl. When he saw Hercule move to grab Gohanna, Goku placed a hand on Hercule and held him in place. Hercule, through the anger he felt at that 'punk kid' trying to feed something to his daughter, was shocked to find that he could not break the grip this strange man had on him. He was shocked even further to see Videl sit up suddenly, completely healed.

Videl ignored her father's shouts of her name and grabbed Gohanna by her gi top and kissed her right on the lips.

Hercule was shocked; his little girl was kissing this punk kid? He panicked; they didn't have a deal about Videl having a girlfriend, only a boyfriend.

"No, I forbid this! He yelled. "I told you any person you wanted to date needs to be stronger than me."

Videl smirked at her father, "Well you'll fight her soon enough." Her sudden cockiness faded and she hesitantly asked, "You aren't made that she's a girl?"

Hercule, for all his faults, dearly loved his daughter and didn't hesitate to say, "You're my daughter, I don't care if you like girls, you could fall for an alien and it wouldn't change anything."

Videl felt an urge to laugh, well at least he would take the half-Saiyan thing well, she thought, but any humor was buried under the sheer relief of her father's acceptance.

Gohanna smiled and quietly left the room to allow the small family to have a private moment. Goku followed his daughter out and they both ignored the reporters waiting outside the room. They walked together in silence towards the arena.

Gohanna sighed, "Thank you for getting the senzu beans."

Goku smiled hesitantly, "No problem." There was a pause where neither was sure what to say. Eventually Goku broke the silence, "Gohanna?" He heard her sound of acknowledgement, "Why did that girl kiss you?"

Gohanna stopped suddenly, she hadn't realized, but now that she thought about it Goku hadn't shown up until after she had come out to the gang. She looked at her father, considering her response. Goku had never been anything but accepting and kind, it seemed farfetched that he would be homophobic. "Videl and I are dating," she said, voice calm despite the fact that she was keeping a close eye on his reaction.

Goku blinked, "Oh," he said simply.

Gohanna snorted and, seeing her father's questioning look, said, "That was precisely Mother's reaction."

They had almost returned to the waiting area when Goku stopped and grabbed Gohanna's arm to stop her. He was momentarily struck by the fact that his little girl was now taller than him. He shook his head and focused on her eyes, which for once were simply curious rather than condemning or betrayed. "I want you to know, I have always loved you and your mother. I never meant to hurt either of you."

Gohanna sighed and ran her free hand through her hair, "I know that you love us, I just wish that was enough. I can't trust you anymore. I think I've broken Mother's trust in you as well and I'm sorry about that, but you need to consider how we feel. It isn't easy to just let things go the way you do. I don't know that it's even possible at this point. But for what it's worth I don't hate you."

Goku looked at her with such hope it made her heart ache, "You don't?"

"No," she said looking him right in the eye, "I feel a lot of things for you: pain, sadness, betrayal, but I don't hate you. Hate is a poison. Hating you wouldn't help anything and I don't see the point in trying to hate you. Being hurt and betrayed is enough; I don't need to seek out other, more destructive emotions."

"Do you think I'll ever be able to make things right with you and your mother?"

Gohanna took a moment to carefully choose her words, "Mother still loves you just as much as ever. However, she now knows that your actions can hurt Goten so she will always be watching for that. But if you really tried? Mother would be so happy to have you back and Goten has never been hurt by you so he will give you a chance."

Goku was pleased by the news, be he knew his question had not been fully answered, "What about you?"

"No," she said quietly, hating the way her father's face fell, "there has just been so much pain from you. I don't see how I could ever look at you and see anything other than the man who abandoned me so many times when I needed him. I needed you," she said, eyes glistening with tears, "but you kept dragging me into things I couldn't handle and then acting like you had done nothing wrong. At 18 years old most people don't even know somebody who died. I have seen almost every single person I care about die and always in violent ways. I should never have been involved with those battles. It doesn't matter how strong I was, you should have protected me from it. I would never let Pan, Goten or Trunks do any of the things I did. It's why I've trained so hard; I'll never allow for a situation where they will need to fight. I'll die before I let that happen."

Goku didn't have a chance to respond as the tournament announcer called out that Gohanna had until the count of ten to enter the ring before she was disqualified. Instead he settled for a rather half-hearted call of "Good Luck" to which he received a small smile and a pat on the back.