I'd Do Anything For You: The Cruise

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Previous chapter...

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"Oh, Videl! You're here too! Why don't you two go get some food at the shop for me? I'm going to make
a big dinner for all of us! Plus, it'll give you some time to be alo--"

"Mom!"

"Yes, dear, here's the list, see you later!"

Chichi grinned slyly as she shoved the pair out the door, slamming it shut behind them. Gohan and Videl
looked at each other hopelessly and shrugged, both jumping into the air as they headed towards the city's
main grocery center.

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End of Chapter

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"Let's see... Um.. Milk. Okay."

Gohan handed the milk carton to Videl and she slipped it into the basket. The list hadn't been too long,
only about three or four items, but they didn't mind picking the groceries up. Both of the teens didn't
know that they were both thinking the same thing, but they were happy to just be talking to each other.

Videl looked up at Gohan as they headed towards the register, blushing slightly when he caught her eye
then looked away. She wasn't quite sure what in the hell had happened back at his house, only that they
were really close; close enough to send her head spinning. She looked down at the basket she was carrying
and tried to avoid looking at him, or him at her---maybe that thing had almost been a... kiss? Still
blushing, Videl walked a little faster until she was ahead of Gohan.

The Saiyan watched as Videl moved past him until she was walking several feet in front of him. He
couldn't help but smile weakly to himself.

::*Good, at least I won't feel self-concious about everything I'm doing...*::

The thought faded off as they came to the register and Videl dumped the basket's contents onto the
counter. Jogging slightly, Gohan came up until he was standing next to her and pulled out his wallet after
hearing the cashier announce its price. Cheap, only about ten dollars in all.

A large blast sounded from somewhere outside, along with several screams. Gohan froze, mid-payment,
and looked out at the street, Videl doing the same. He couldn't see anything, there was too much
smoke---wait, smoke?

Shoving his wallet back into his pocket he ran to the window, pressing up against it with his hands.
Several masked men were running into a shop as others stood outside of it, firing off their guns into the
air while laughing manically. The shop was none other than the city's most well known jewelry shop that
specialized in gold and silver plated watches and bracelets, along with several diamond necklaces and
diamond stud earrings. Eyes narrowing, Gohan ran out of the door and into the street, not realizing Videl
was close behind. The men were shooting at anything that moved, which included people on the streets.
Nothing could make him stop.

Running forward, he raised his ki level and flipped upwards, one of the masked guards below him.

"What the fu---"

The man's voice was cut off as Gohan's foot slammed into his face and his gun was knocked from his
hands, quickly broken into half by Gohan's knee. The other guard looked at him in shock, then raised the
machine gun as he aimed. A form flashed in front of him and slammed a punch powerfully into his
stomach, watching as he bent over in pain, then uppercutted him in the nose, knocking him out. Videl
turned from the fallen man and grinned at Gohan cockily, who returned the same smirk.

Videl ran into the shop first, followed closely by Gohan. A cry was heard from the back of the shop and a
round of bullets fired directly at them. The Saiyan, stepping in front of Videl powered up a small ki blast
and shot it in front of him, melting the metal bullets before they came into contact.

Moving out from behind him, Videl ducked under one of the charging thug's wild punches and brought
her knee up into his stomach as she turned, flipping him forward so he rolled into a cabinet. The drawers
fell out of the cabinet when the man hit it and fell on him, covering him with its materials. The grin on
Videl's face was replaced by a mask of concentration as she ran forward, Gohan still following behind.

There were not too many of the thieves left; only one who was carrying a bag of the shop's merchandise
and another that stood in front of him holding two guns, firing bullets everywhere. Videl ducked behind a
counter, wincing as she heard the pieces of metal hitting into it. Raising her head she looked across the
room to where Gohan was also crouched behind a cabinet, and mouthed to him;

"You can take it from here."

A half-smile on his face, the Saiyan stood and moved into the open, the criminal's shots delaying from the
surprise of a man opposing him to his face, and an unarmed one at that. Letting out a loud laugh he
reloaded his gun and aimed it point-blank at Gohan's head, grinning all the while.

"Renzoku energy dan."

Rapid beams of ki shot out of his outstretched hand, slamming into the two criminal's forms that stood
opposite of him. They fell back with yells of surprised into the back room, falling unconcious as Videl
stood, coming up behind them and rapping them soundly on the head. She walked out of the back room,
dragging the two thugs behind her as Gohan rounded up the rest, dumping them out on the gutter in the
front of the shop. The police force was already out waiting for them and shoved the men into the back of
their cars after immediately handcuffing them.

"Thanks, Videl. It's always a pleasure to have your help."

The captain of the force turned to Gohan with a confused look on his face as he scratched his head with
his nightstick. Hadn't he seen that kid somewhere before?

"And.. uh.. you.. ah.."

"The Great Saiyaman, at your service!"

Gohan smirked while crossing his arms, bending his head slightly to nod to the man before him. Videl
blinked and turned her head, staring at him, then gasped. Grabbing him by the collar, she yanked him
down so that his ear was level with her mouth.

"You forgot to put your costume on!"

she hissed. Gohan froze then stood, a helpless look on his face as the police captain's expression broke
into one of recognizition.

"The Great Saiyaman, huh? I thought you sorta looked like he did at the tournament! Well, great job kid,
nice to know you don't feel a need to hide behind that ridiculous costume anymore. Decided to keep it
around just for Halloween, right?"

The man winked at Gohan for the last comment then turned, walking back into his waiting patrol car.
Gohan remained rooted to where he stood, utterly horrified. All those weeks of keeping the Great
Saiyaman guise a secret to have it end in a slip up! He forgot to press the damn button. Even Videl hadn't
noticed it, but then again she seemed too busy in her fighting. Not to mention she knew she was fighting
next to him anyways, so it probably didn't matter to her. Gohan raised his head slightly to look at Videl,
and saw the exact same look of horror on her face. Actually, she somehow managed to look horrified for
several seconds before she burst out laughing.

Grabbing him by the hand she jumped into the air, yanking him up with her. Gohan stumbled for a few
feet above ground then adjusted his form so that he was flying smoothly by Videl, looking at her with a
confused expression.

"Why leave so fast?"

Videl smirked, flipping over in midair so that she was flying on her back.

"Trying to avoid the rush. Now that the media knows what you look like, you'll have reporters literally
breathing down your neck."

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Gohan grimaced as he felt hot breath coursing down the back of his neck.

"So, Great Saiyaman---can I call you Gohan? Where did you *get* these extraodinary powers?"

A blonde-haired reported stood behind him, looking over his shoulder as he attempted to work on his
homework. He had decided it'd be a great day to do the assignments outside, since the weather was
perefct---and had eventually found himself surrounded by a circle of reporters.

News *had* gotten around the city. They had already tracked him down to where he lived just from an
image. They knew his full name and a lot of details that he wasn't even sure about. Fortunatelly, they
didn't know the stuff that the family had yet to tell most of their human friends.

"...and if x is to equal c, then c would equal...."

"When did you come to our town? The records have yet to reveal that."

"...five, and if x and c both equal five, b would equal..."

"Why are you in such a secluded area? How can you get to school so quickly?"

"...z, which equals c multiplied..."

"I've heard you've done excellent in school and have surpassed most high school requirements. Any
thoughts yet on where you're going for college?"

"...uh... c multiplied..."

"How long have you and Satan Videl been working together?"

"Excuse me, but you still haven't answered my question. How did you get your---"

"I wasn't finished! About you and Videl, has your relationship moved past friends to possibly
something---"

Gohan couldn't take it anymore. Because of the constant inquiries he couldn't concentrate on his calculus,
easily his best class in his school. Also, he already had to deal with his mom about him and Videl
becoming an item. Knowing the newspapers, they'd probably make them one and possibly even more.

Raising his head, he stood to face the excited reporters who each immediately shoved their microphones
in his face. Maybe now he would answer their questions---

Nodding politely, Gohan muttered a quiet 'Zanzoken' under his breath and shot into the air then off
towards the city at a speed almost impossible to track. To the reporters down below, it looked like he had
just vanished, leaving only a mirage of himself for several seconds. They each blinked as cameras flashed
furiously, then turned, walking towards the house, the blonde running ahead of the rest. As she flipped her
hair, she grinned. Maybe his mom would be more willing to talk.

Gohan looked below him, seeing the trail of confused reporters head towards the house. He shook his head
sadly. They didn't know that his mom tolerated no unexpected guests, and would most likely explode on
them for their intrusion. Poor reporters. Facing back towards the city, he forced himself to go a bit faster,
seeing Videl's house appear on the horizon. She had a famous father, and that meant she had to deal with
reporters; maybe she'd help him get rid of them.

~*~

Videl slipped past her father's room, not bothering to make him aware of her presence. After the reports
and pictures of her being seen with the Great Saiyaman, now revealed as Son Gohan, he was completely
and entirely furious and had tried to ban her of all of her duties. She had refused such, saying that it was
her job to help the community. After all, wouldn't it make him look better if his daughter was doing so
much community service for the city? That was the arguement that had won him over.

She wandered into her room, closing the door quietly behind her as she collapsed onto the bed, falling
back. Grabbing a remote she switched on the stereo, closing her eyes as the soft music blocked out the
other sounds. Well it did, anyway---until the banging on her window increased so that it'd be impossible
for her not to hear. Sitting up, she ran to the window and peeked through the curtain. Whoever the heck
wanted her, she didn't know, until she saw Gohan stare back and knock very lightly against the glass with
a finger.

Pulling back the long curtains she grabbed the locks of the large windows, flipping them open. Gohan
lightly pushed against it, stepping into the room.

"Hey, Videl."

"Gohan! I haven't seen you since, um..."

Videl giggled a bit and hopped back onto the bed, sitting up on her knees.

"...since you revealed yourself to the public, and got your face published in every newspaper around here
and probably everywhere else,"

she finished, still grinning widely and mockingly at him. Gohan shrugged his shoulders a bit as he
grabbed a nearby chair, sitting backwards on it so that he could lean forward on its head rest.

"Sure, sure. It's not funny though! I mean, it's like they're stalking me. They won't go away, and of
course mom hates that, being the overprotective mother she is---"

Videl knew instantly what he meant by 'they', and could also imagine the look on Chichi's face when
several dozen reporters had appeared on her doorstep. She laughed at the thought. She had been there
when it'd happened, and remembered how it ended with Chichi screaming at them to get away from her
house before she sent the kids after them.

Smiling a bit, Videl tilted her head to the side and continued to stare at the ground, not realizing that
Gohan had stopped talking. The boy smirked as he noticed what had happened, knowing that it had
happened to him before as well. Gohan stood and moved behind her on the bed, then tackled her forward,
covering her mouth as she shrieked.

Videl yanked him forward and flipped him over her into a bedpost, a dull thunk sound coming to her ears
upon impact. Covering her mouth to stop herself from exploding from laughter she couldn't block him as
he tackled her again.

Gohan hugged her tightly, smiling a lop-sided grin as he noticed she was doing the same back to him. The
last time they'd hugged, they'd come close to doing---whatever...---before the family had burst in. Great
timing, that was for sure. He then remembered one of the reasons why he'd come over, besides the crisis
with the reporters. Pulling back, he watched her for a few seconds before talking.

"Videl?"

"Mm..?"

Videl was still sort of in a daze. One half of her knew she'd be so dead if her father decided to walk in,
and the other half didn't give a crap and wanted Gohan to keep hugging her. Knocking herself out of her
dreamy-state she shook her head and looked up at him, eyes wide.

"Uh.. yeah?"

Gohan blinked, then cleared his throat.

"Well, you know, how we won all that stuff at the tournament? You know, the money, tickets, all of that...
We have more than enough tickets for us, us as in my family along with the Briefs' and Krillin and his
mate and kid. So, ah... If you want, you could come."

Seeing the surprised expression on her face, Gohan hurridly added to his statement.

"Er, well, your dad could come too I'm sure, we could get him a ticket if he needs to come. No problem
with that! None at all, so could you come? Oh and your dad too if you want him too?"

Videl paused, then immediately looked back at him, grinning widely.

"Sure! And dad doesn't need to come, not like he doesn't go on enough already..."

she muttered, partly relieved that he did. That gave her an excuse to keep him from going. Gohan blinked,
then let out a nervous laugh.

"Oh, great! Just like that, huh... Well, that's the main thing I wanted to ask, okay? So I think I'll go
now---not that I want too---but if your dad came in, things wouldn't be so.. great.. Hey, wait, how do you
know you can go?"

"Don't worry, I can. Just don't ask about it."

"Right then. Here's your ticket, the date for the cruise is on them. We're all going to meet at our house,
then go to the ship. Sorry that it's such late notice, but we got them kind of late. See you then!"

Gohan waved then jumped off the balcony, jetting off into the air and disappearing in the distance with a
spark of light. Videl examined the ticket for several minutes, partly day-dreaming. How she was going to
get there, she had no idea. She knew if she really told her dad where she was going, he'd kill her for
saying yes and him for asking her, and wouldn't let her go---obviously. But she was going to go whether
he liked it or not. If she had to run off in the middle of the night and just leave a note for when she'd be
back, she would. She already knew she was in trouble enough already, it couldn't get any worse.

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"Gohan! Your future-mate-and-mother-of-my-grandchildren is here!"

"M-Mom!"

Gohan stammered, looking around wildly to see if Videl was in ear shot. Unfortunately for him, she was,
and she was smirking evilly at the look on his face while trying to hide a blush of her own. She jogged
forward and dumped her duffle bags into the back of the trunk of Bulma's flying machine, then ran
around to the front.

"Hey, Bulma! Oh, and Vegeta,"

she added quickly as she waved to the blue-haired woman. Nodding her head to the teen, Bulma flashed a
smile then turned back to the controls, concentrating on them once again. Vegeta only grunted.

Gohan walked up until he was standing next to Videl and poked her lightly in the side.

"The others are already inside. Bulma made everyone get in the back compartments, since we have a
tendency to take a long time to load up and get in. Only me and my mom were allowed to stay out to help
with the bags and to wait for you."

Videl nodded slowly, then flinched as Bulma stuck her head out of the window, yelling at the top of her
lungs.

"If anyone isn't in this thing within ten seconds, I'm leaving without them!"

Pulling back into the machine Bulma closed the window as Gohan, Videl and Chichi piled into the back,
sliding the doors closed. The controls clicked and the gears shifted as the flying jet took to the air.
Turning 180 degrees in midair it shot off, heading to where the cruise ship was waiting.

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It had taken forever to load, and the ship was finally out into the open water.

Krillin sighed happily as he stretched, standing on the tips of his toes.

"Ah, isn't this the best!"

he spoke, Android 18 allowing a half-smile as she leaned back on the pull-out chair behind him, Marron
giggling as she sat on her mother's lap. Goten and Trunks were running around on the deck play-training
while Vegeta pretended to not watch them and read a newspaper, even though he was.

Seated on each side of Android 18 in similar folding chairs were Bulma and Chichi, each reclining in a
swimsuit and a pair of sunglasses.

"This is the life!"

Bulma spoke, Chichi instantly agreeing with a happy squeal. Gohan and Videl weren't too far from the
rest of the group, in the front of the cruise ship as they leaned against the railing while they sat. Videl
drew her knees up and hugged them to her chest as Gohan stretched out his legs, his hands making a
pillow behind his head. He turned his head slightly to look at Videl.

"I haven't heard much from Erasa and Sharpener lately. How are they doing?"

Honestly, he wasn't really interested but he felt like striking up a conversation.

"Oh, fine. I think Sharpener finally decided to back off on me and now they're going out,"

replied Videl, slightly drowsy. The sun was getting to her. Gohan shifted uncomfortably, then nodded
slowly. Good, he didn't want Sharpener around Videl anymore. After all, Videl was his---

::*What am I thinking?!*::

He gasped outloud, recovering quickly and pasting on a forced smile when Videl looked at him strangely.
Lowering his head again, he closed his eyes.

::*Sure, I know I, well.. love her now, but she might not think of me back in the same way. She probably
just thinks of me as a friend. Nothing else. In fact, I don't even know how good of a friend she thinks I
am---*::

"You're one of my best friends, Gohan."

The Saiyan blinked and turned to her as he covered his mouth, a little embarassed. Had he just said that
outloud? Apparently he had, considering Videl hadn't heard anything else. Gohan sighed and went over
what she said again;

- "You're one of my best friends, Gohan." -

Friend. That's the word that got to him. But it did help that it had best in front of it.

::*Too bad it can't be something more than friends...*::

"...What did you say?"

Gohan gasped again and slapped himself hard on the mouth, now blushing a dark red.

"I---I said that it's great that we're such good friends!"

he yelled a bit too loudly. Both Android 18 and Krillin looked at him strangely, Marron completely
oblivious, while Vegeta and the two boys didn't seem to hear it. Bulma and Chichi, however, looked at
each other then began laughing wildly.

Videl blinked again and recovered, nodding her head slowly.

"Uh.. Right. Glad that you feel that way, I think..."

She let out a quiet sigh. Before, she thought she heard him say that he wanted it to be more than just
friends but she probably just heard wrong. Damn. She actually wanted him to say that. Mentally kicking
herself, she looked out to the blues of the water.

::*It's so nice out here. For once, we get a break from all the stress back at home.*::

Gohan was thinking something similar, just with an added addition.

::*The water's almost the exact same blue of Videl's eyes.*::

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"This is so, so, great!!"

The form sped through the air, doing several loops and barrel rolls as it blasted over the ground.
Everything seemed so different but kind of the same---same colors, same look, same sounds almost, but a
different feeling.

Breathing deeply, he let out the breath again as it flew on, overjoyed. Finally, seeing everything that he'd
missed so much. Everything.

He didn't really know how it'd happened, not quite---one second he was there, the other he was here. It all
happened in the matter of minutes, he thought. Maybe longer. He wasn't sure, but didn't really care.

Everything had been lost and it was his to get again.

"Oh yeah!"

Doing a flip and a full-twist, the body pulled back slightly then shot forward again, disappearing in a burst
of light.

~*~

Chichi adjusted her sunglasses. The sun was getting brighter and hotter alright, but it felt so great for
once. Having time to just sit around and tan was something she didn't get often.

Bulma stretched her arms a bit, then recoiled to her original position. After several seconds of shifting
around she propped herself up on her elbow and looked at her mate, Vegeta, as he watched Goten and
Trunks fight.

She had to admit that she didn't want any other Saiyan or man in her life besides him, even though he
was an arrogant ass at times. In the relaxing atmosphere he had let down his guard---the one that made
him look vulnerable to everything and anything---and was clearly enjoying himself as he yelled out
encouragement to the two boys.

Bulma grinned and leaned back on the chair again, her arms tucked behind her.

Android 18 paused from tickling Marron, and tilted her head to the side slightly. Krillin seemed to feel it
too; he froze in place.

"What is that?"

he muttered, standing from his seat on the beach towel. Turning, he prodded Bulma and Chichi lightly,
and they sat up.

"What is it?"

"Don't know,"

Krillin replied, seeing Vegeta stand suddenly, as Goten and Trunks paused from their fighting.

"Whatever it is, it's coming here."

Vegeta gruffly spoke, and began pacing the deck. He wanted to go see what is was, but he could tell by
Bulma's warning signals that she wouldn't let him. The other teens, Videl and Gohan, remained oblivious
to the entire situation. Guess they'd have to deal with it when it came.

A bright spark appeared in the distance, slowly growing bigger.

"...Huh?"

Gohan raised his head, eyebrows arched as Videl looked at him strangely.

"What---"

The Saiyan shook his head slowly, and she fell quiet, confused. Following his glance with her eyes, she
saw the glimmering light and froze, watching it approach the cruise ship. Whatever it was, it was coming,
and coming fast.

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To be continued...

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