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"Triple Threat 2: Attack from the Past"
Chapter 9: "New Arrival"

The two stayed overnight. Pigero said he never found any of the children, and assumed that they were safe with familes. Gohan assured him and Chiko that if he ever found Rom, he'd let them know.

Videl unknowingly fell asleep on Gohan's shoulder. He just smiled and laid her back on the couch. Chichi tried to get Gohan to sleep in his bed, but he refused. He wanted to be able to protect Videl if Turles was to attack overnight.

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Videl woke up with a jolt and instinctively knew she was late. One glance at the clock confirmed that they were supposed to be at school an hour ago. She jumped up, but rolled off the couch on top of Gohan, who was on the floor below her.

"Gohan! What are you doing down there? Never mind, we're late for school!"

Gohan's eyes opened as soon as he felt Videl's hands push against him to get up. "V-Videl?"

Videl helped him up, all the while gathering her things. "Oh, we are in so much trouble!"

"Videl, what's wrong?" Pigero asked groggily as he and everybody else slowly came down the stairs.

"School started an hour ago! I must have been so tired since I haven't got much sleep lately with Turles being on my mind."

"What? Gohan, you better get to school right now!" Chichi yelled as Goku held her back.

"I'm on it, Mom! Come on, Videl, let's go!"

Unfortunately for him, Hercule was a second too late. "Videl, wait a minute! I want to talk to you!"

"Hercule?" Goku looked at him with a raised eyebrow. He and the others had come outside.

"Who are you? I've never seen you around here before today."

"I'm Goku, Gohan's father."

"Goku?!"

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Gohan and Videl entered the classroom and got confused looks by their classmates. The teacher raises her eyebrows. "Videl? Gohan?"

"It's not their fault, ma'am." Pigero came from behind them.

"Eric? You're late, too?"

Pigero walked up beside the teacher as Gohan and Videl took their seats. He whispered in her ear. "Please excuse them, ma'am. There was... uh... trouble yesterday and it tired them out so much they overslept."

The teacher's questioning expression didn't change

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Bulma approached Chichi's yard and shot a confused look at Hercule. "Why is he here? Is Videl hurt? Where's Gohan?" Her confused look had immediately changed to a worried one.

Goten ran up beside her. "Hi, Bulma. Where's Trunks?"

"Trunks is at Capsule Corp. You can play with him if you want." Bulma watched as he flew off and looked back at Goku.

"He wants to talk to Videl." Goku answered.

After Hercule recovered from the shock of Bulma being there, he managed to respond. "Yeah... I uh... was just worried about her. She's hardly home anymore and after that outburst two days ago..."

Bulma layed her right hand on his left shoulder. "Don't worry about it, Hercule. Over the past few days, we've all gotten to know Videl, and I've noticed that she's had an emotional problem. She wants attention, but not the kind she currently gets."

"Then... what kind of attention does she want?"

"She wants true friends."

"So what she said yesterday was true? Does she really... love him?" Hercule averted his gaze. I should have been the one she talked to, not Gohan. Oh, Videl, I'm so sorry. If only you'd talk to me more.

"They'd give their lives for each other. The special thing about them is, they don't have to show their feelings. It's an unspoken bond. You can feel it when they're together." She glanced at the sky. "They're coming now. See for yourself"

Gohan landed first and grabbed Videl by her right hand before she crashed into him.

"You won again, Gohan. One day, I'll catch up to you." Videl smiled at him.

Hercule blinked. "She can fly... Since when?"

Videl approached Bulma, still laughing lightly from her race with Gohan. "Bulma, what are you doing here? Any news on Tur- Dad?" She gasped. "W-What are YOU doing here? Look, if it's about last night, I'm sorry I didn't come home. I was so tired I fell asleep here."

"No, it's not about that..." Hercule walked up to Videl slowly and suddenly hugged her gently. "Why don't you talk to me, Videl? You're always over here or at school."

Videl frowned and light pushed him away. "Because, Dad, they like me for me. They don't like me because of all the fame. Namely because they know the truth, but here, I can be me."

"But you can be you at our house, too." He looked at her with pleading eyes.

"Not with a camera shoved in my face. The media is always around our house since they think you defeated Cell." He eyes returned his look with anger.

"But I did-"

"No, you didn't, and I'm not at liberty to say who really did."

"Who is that?" Gohan's eyes widened as he looked up at the sky, frightened.

"What is it, Gohan?" Videl asked quietly, scared of his response. If he was shaken, then it was big.

"I felt it, too, Gohan." Goku said grimly.

"It's an android." Eighteen suddenly flew down from the sky with Marron behind her.

Krillin was behind Marron, catching his breath. "Eighteen suddenly burst from the house. She must have sensed something. Eighteen, what is it?"

The former android frowned. "I already told you. It's an android. Or, atleast, part android."

"Part android?" Videl's face paled. "No,... it couldn't be her... Kayla?"

"Kayla?" Hercule knew the name, but wasn't frightened like Videl. "What is she doing here?"

Eighteen averted her eyes to the girl. "You know an android? But the only androids that I know of, besides me, were Seventeen and Dr. Gero."

"Exactly." Videl muttered under her breath.

"I saw the ship land in the east." Eighteen said.

Videl didn't hesitate to blast through the air. Kayla... why are you here?

The others followed. The ones who could fly carried the ones who couldn't.

"There!" Videl pointed to a ship similar to a Saiyan spacepod. "That has to be her." She landed and walked toward the spaceship. "Kayla, come on out. Why are you here?"

Videl sounded tough, but she was scared. Gohan could sense it and wrapped his left arm around her shoulder. "It's OK, Videl. Whoever she is, it'll be OK."

The door to the ship opened and a teenage girl stepped out. She smiled when she saw Videl and pulled her shoulder-length brown hair behind her in a ponytail. "Now, Videl, is that any way to greet your half-sister?"


Did you like that cliffhanger? Now, we're getting to the good part... Who is Kayla exactly? Read the rest of Triple Threat 2 to find out!