A/A: I'm going to start off by saying that I know the opening leaves a lot to be desired. But I couldn't figure out a better way to make that month long transitional scene. I needed time to pass, but I'm not very good at that. I hope it's alright though. I can't find a way to change it to make it any better, so I'm going to give it to you like this. I'm hardly ever satisfied with my work though, so I don't find this so surprising.

I've got to thank everyone that reviewed really quick here, so "THANK YOU!" :-P

So, I've made it a really short little ramble today, so you can all get to chapter 12:

Title: Hunt for the Dark Haired Angel

By: YukiraKing

Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ or its characters.

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Chapter Twelve:

Gohan knew he had to tell Videl. And soon. After a month of dating Saiyaman, Videl was quickly falling in love. And he had already made it there. He was in love with her, and that made it all the more complicated. He couldn't lose her, he knew that now. He depended on her too much already. But he needed to tell her in a way that wouldn't hurt her… He was pleased at how she seemed to back off of Gohan, and even Saiyaman, when it came to learning who he was, though. She realized that he would tell her when he was ready. And that in order to make him more comfortable, she would have to give him breathing room. When the time came, she would be ready.

She almost didn't care anymore. Well, that was a lie. But she knew it wasn't Sharpener, and that was good enough for her. She knew who he was, even if she didn't know his name or his face. He was a true hero. He was her hero.

And, after seeing Gohan decked out in a roleplaying outfit, she felt the need to be a lot kinder to him as well, while still distancing herself enough from him so that her slight feelings for him didn't get in the way of her love of Saiyaman. But, it would be a lie to say that those feelings went away, or didn't change at all. In fact, they grew slowly as well. Slow enough that she hadn't realized how much she liked him. The love of Saiyaman was overwhelming and overpowering.

Gohan, was surprised by her sudden kindness, but he didn't question it, in fear of jinxing it. Her love for Saiyaman was one thing, but when she was being kind to Gohan, it was a thousand times more meaningful for the half-Saiyan.

Now if only I could bring myself to tell her…

The two were on a date in the loosest sense of the word. They were hanging out in her rec room, with her father up just one floor from them. The two were seated as closely on the couch as they could get to each other without Videl actually being in his lap.

"Tell me about yourself," Videl said whimsically, as the film they'd been watching came to a close.

Gohan gulped and looked down at her. "What do you want to know?"

"I don't need your name," she clarified. "I just…I want to know you better. I've told you just about everything I can think of. But you've hardly told me anything."

"Okay, so you want me to share some stories?" Gohan asked to be sure.

"Yeah," she smiled. "I want to know how you came to be who you are today."

"Okay," Gohan sighed. "Let's see…do you want to hear about my pet dragon…or my alien mentor?"

"Both," Videl said surprised he'd actually decided to let her in. "Anything you'll tell me is alright with me."

"Hmm…well, you've heard the stories of the Demon King Piccolo, right?" Gohan started.

"Yeah! A kid called Goku came and defeated the evil monster, and he was never heard from again," Videl said excitedly. "Goku, however, was seen at the following Martial Arts Tournament, and was said to have been the best asset to the mighty 'Z Warriors' that some fat man named Yajerobe was the leader of. But, that could have been a big hoax, since they were said to be fighting aliens. Who'd believe that?"

"I would," Gohan said. "Having been there and all."

"You were there? You fought aliens?" Videl asked in astonishment.

"I thought we'd already accomplished that I'm not exactly human, Videl," he said with a sigh.

"Oh," Videl said blushing. "I almost forgot. Sorry. So, are you an alien or something?"

"Half, anyway," Gohan explained. "My dad was of the same race of aliens that the invaders were."

"And that was what? Martians?" Videl joked.

"No," Gohan said with a chuckle. "They were Saiyans."

"Gohan dressed up as one of them on a date a while ago," Videl said remembering Gohan's strange costume. "That was kind of strange…wait! He mentioned cryptically once that he wasn't exactly human either. Is he like you then? Half-alien?"

"Uh… What exactly to do intend to do with this information?" Gohan asked her warily.

"I'm not going to spread it around school or anything," Videl assured him. "I just wanted to know. I get the feeling that he's not exactly normal, if you know what I mean."

"I know better than you'd think," Gohan said chuckling. "And…yes, Gohan's half-Saiyan too."

"I knew you knew him!" she exclaimed as he unknowingly proved her hypothesis.

Gohan mentally smacked himself. "Yeah," he said, half-heartedly agreeing. "I know Gohan really well."

"So that's why he was wearing such a strange set of armour then?" Videl said, sensing his distress at the topic, and switching back to the previous one.

"Yeah. He got a friend of his to make it," Gohan said vaguely. He felt kind of awkward talking to Videl about himself as if he were someone else. It was just strange.

"Okay, so, what were you saying about the demon king?" she asked, trying to soak up everything he would tell her.

"Oh, right," Gohan said relieved for the new topic. "Well, when Goku defeated him, he spit out an egg that hatched into Piccolo Jr. He entered the tournament three years later under the name Junior. He and Goku fought it out, destroying the ring in their battle. And that was the first year that Goku claimed the title. It was also the last time he entered the competition. But Piccolo had vowed to get his revenge. After all, he wanted Goku dead."

"He wanted him dead?" Videl gasped.

"You have to understand that while the demon king was dying, he produced this last child to exact revenge on Goku for defeating him. He was born with that mission, so he needed to come through on it," Gohan said, coming to the defence of his mentor.

"Proceed," Videl said sceptically.

"Well, he would get that revenge five years later, when an alien by the name of Raditz came looking for…my father," Gohan said. She might be able to link the name Goku to Gohan, since they're surname is the same. He supposed that Saiyaman's father would have to be Kakarrott. "It turned out that this man was his older brother. Their planet had been destroyed, and only a handful of Saiyans were off planet at the time. So the three that met up in space only knew of one other Saiyan out in the universe that was living. My father."

"What did he do? How did Piccolo get involved in that?" Videl asked excitedly.

"Raditz kidnapped me," he said hesitantly. When she gasped, he knew he probably shouldn't have brought it up. "And brought me back to his space pod. He trapped me in there, and told my father…Kakarrott, that he needed to kill one hundred earthlings in order to get me back. My father had a pure heart," Gohan explained at her look of horror. "He could never kill those innocent people. And my uncle thought as much, I guess. He was going to take me with him back to space. I was only second best, but they would take what they could get.

"There was an evil overlord, bent on taking over the universe, and he was in possession of the two remaining Saiyans. Raditz was sent against orders to come and find my father, because they needed his help in defeating this monster. And I don't remember much about the battle, since I was in the space pod at the time, but I know that Mr Piccolo came in with my dad and battled against my uncle two on one. They barely managed to win the fight, and I had to intervene, with a sudden rush of power, in order to even leave a scratch on him. Eventually, dad took hold of his tail…a Saiyan's only weakness. Raditz talked him out of killing him…only to come back and nearly kill off my father. Dad got him in a tight hold, and had Piccolo deal the final blow. He shot a Special Beam Canon right through Raditz's heart…and through my father's. I was unconscious at the time. But when I came to, Piccolo told it to me straight. He never sugar coated anything. In fact, he still thinks the whole idea of me becoming 'Saiyaman' was a complete waste of time," Gohan chuckled.

"Are you saying that your father was killed, and his worst enemy took you away?" Videl asked.

"Yeah," Gohan said as he thought it through. "I suppose he kidnapped me…I don't think so, but my mom sure does."

"Is that where you met Gohan then?" Videl asked, processing the information.

"What do you mean?" Gohan asked nervously.

"On his first day," Videl explained. "Gohan phoned his mother. She was yelling at him, I couldn't quite make out the words, but he said "Piccolo didn't kidnap me." And before that, he threatened his mother with calling him."

Uh-oh. I don't remember saying any of that… Why did she have to remember? This girl's got an amazing memory. But with the number of times she brings my name up…if I were anyone else, I'd probably be jealous…

"Uh…well, no. I didn't meet him then. I knew him from before," Gohan said.

"When did you meet him then? And Lime too," Videl asked eagerly.

"Don't you want to hear about the tortures I went through with Mr Piccolo?" Gohan asked hopeful.

"Yeah," Videl said. "But I want to know that too."

"Let's take it one question at a time, okay?"

"Okay," Videl said, getting ready to take in more information.

"Okay," he repeated. "Piccolo told me he was going to leave me—keep in mind that I was only four and a half at the time—alone in the wilderness to survive for six months. After that, if I was still alive, he was going to put me through the toughest training the world had ever seen. I was even thrown at a mountain in order to learn how to control my ki."

"What's ki," Videl interrupted.

"Well…ki is like the energy that flows through your body," Gohan said, trying to explain. "If harnessed correctly, you can use it to fire energy attacks and even fly."

"So, they aren't tricks like my dad says?"

"Your dad says a lot of things, doesn't he?" Gohan said with a knowing smile.

"I suppose so," Videl said confused by his reaction. "Anyway, continue."

"Well, I tried to run away from that once, so I could get home to my mom, but in the end, I stuck it out, and learned a whole lot. I became pretty powerful…for a five year old," Gohan said. "But I was still scared skinny at the sign of danger. I was definitely what one would call a crybaby."

"I can't see you whining," Videl objected. "You're too strong and stoic to have been a crybaby."

"Well, things change," Gohan said. "I wasn't always blonde you know."

"Why the sudden change in topic?" Videl asked.

"I wouldn't be able to explain it," Gohan said shrugging his shoulders.

"What colour is your hair naturally, then?" Videl said playing along.

"Well…" Gohan said thinking it through. "I suppose it is naturally blonde too. I haven't dyed it or anything. But when I was born, I had really dark hair."

"How dark? Like just a dark brown, or like mine and Gohan's hair, really, really dark?"

"Like Gohan's," he said carefully.

"Oh, okay. I can't really picture you like that though," Videl said squinting at him. "Your eyes are just way too light. It makes it really difficult."

"Yeah…" Gohan said laughing nervously. "Anyway, you want to hear about my pet dragon? Or my big adventure through space?"

"No," Videl said narrowing her eyes at him. "If I remember correctly, the next topic was supposed to be about where and when you met Lime and Gohan."

"Oh, right," he said scratching the back of his neck. "I met Lime when Gohan dived into the water to save her. She thought he was a pervert. It's kind of funny now, you know, now that I know what she meant."

"That was a long time ago, huh?"

"Seven years, anyway," Gohan admitted.

"So, all along Lime's known who you are," Videl said in a far off voice. "Hmm, it's kind of funny. Me desperately searching for clues about you and Gohan, and my housemate knows everything."

"Yeah, funny," Gohan said rubbing the back of his neck. "So, about that space trip."

"Are you telling me that you actually went to space?" Videl asked astonished. "I thought you were kidding."

"No," Gohan said. "I went to space. That's where I met the evil overlord who wanted to take over the universe. His name was Frieza. He was pretty scary. I couldn't have been more than five at the time. But I fought him. Kept him distracted until my dad could get to him."

"I thought you said your dad died before then," Videl said narrowing her eyes.

"He did," Gohan said quickly. "We just wished him back with the dragonballs so he could fight with the aliens when they landed on earth that second time. He got severely injured during that battle though, so he had to stay in the hospital until a sensu bean could be grown. It was bad luck that there happened to be no sensu beans at the time. But it was alright. Bulma and—"

"Wait," Videl interrupted. "Bulma as in Bulma Briefs?"

"Yeah, her," Gohan said. "Her and Krillin—"

"As in the world class martial artist that competed in every tournament that Goku did?"

"Yes, him. Anyway, I went with Bulma and Krillin to planet Namek. I won't bore you with the details, but if you ever have the chance to go to space, don't go with Bulma. She's pretty high maintenance, if you know what I mean," Gohan said chuckling to himself. Bulma really was a handful back then. She might not be so bad now that she's a mother. She's really seemed to mellow since Trunks was born.

Videl joined him in his laughter, motioning with her hands for him to continue.

"Okay," he said, letting his laughter die down. "So, we needed to go to that planet, because Piccolo died during the battle with the Saiyans, which meant that the dragonballs were useless. They were connected to Kami, and since Kami and Piccolo were two halves of the same coin, Kami died with him."

"Kami," Videl said to clarify. "Like Kami Kami?"

"Yeah, he was the guardian of Earth up until seven years ago," Gohan said. It was so easy for him to tell her everything without worrying about what she'd think of Gohan.

"A lot happened seven years ago," Videl noticed.

"Yeah," Gohan agreed, thinking of all the dangers and adventures he'd had back then. "Anyway, we were going to planet Namek, since Piccolo turned out to be from there. And they had a set of dragonballs of their own. We needed them to wish back Piccolo—which is the only reason I wanted to go. He died for me. He saved my life with his own. So I had to go back, and return the favour, by giving his back—and then there was Yamcha—"

"Yamcha the bandit? Like the famous baseball player from the Taitans?" Videl asked in shock.

"Are you going to do that every time I mention someone's name?"

"Only if they're famous," she defended.

"Okay, well the other two we needed to revive were Chiaotzu and Tien Shinhan," Gohan said, pausing for her to ask her question.

She bit her lip. She didn't want to annoy him with her questions any longer.

"You can ask," Gohan sighed. Why did she have to be so stubborn?

"As in Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu the famous martial artists of the crane school of martial arts? Tien barely beat Goku in that match that made him world champion that year. Goku defeated him almost easily at the following tournament three years later," Videl said excitedly. Gohan had to laugh at her enthusiasm.

"Yeah," he said with a smile. "That's them."

"Wow," she said in awe. "You know so many amazing people. Which one is your favourite? I mean, who were you happiest to meet?"

Gohan thought for a second…

"You," he said.

"I'm serious," she mumbled with a blush.

"Me too," he said, kissing her gently.

It wasn't long before the kiss started to heat up. They were pulling each other as close as they could, but they still wanted to be closer. They only parted far enough to catch a quick breath before they were at it again. Videl manoeuvred herself so she was on his lap, allowing for better access.

Gohan couldn't believe how excited he was getting. Just a kiss from Videl, and he felt like he was on fire, but this… This was absolutely unbelievable. Soon, she was tentatively asking for entrance with her tongue, and he readily allowed her in. They were fighting a battle for dominance, when she moaned his name.

Only, it wasn't his name.

"Saiyaman."

It was as if he was doused with a bucket of ice cold water.

Well, that effectively killed off the mood.

"Okay," he said awkwardly. He gently removed her from his lap. "We won't be doing that again anytime soon."

Not as long as you think my name is Saiyaman anyway.

Lime was nervous. She didn't know if she was allowed to come and visit, but she needed help. And this was the only person she could think of to help her with her problem.

Gohan—excuse me—Saiyaman was at the manor with Videl, and she needed to get out of there. It was always so awkward to be around the two of them. They got along great. And Lime got along with the both of them…but when they were separate. She didn't know what to say when they were together. She felt as though she was walking on eggshells, and was almost afraid to say anything.

Anything she said could accidentally give away Gohan's identity.

But, that's why she was here.

Gohan couldn't tell her who he was. He was too scared to do so himself.

So she was going to enlist some help. That's why she was here, after all. She walked over to the doorway, and pressed the buzzer for the intercom.

"Hello?"

"Hello, welcome to Capsule Corp. how can we help you?" came the automatic response.

"Could you tell Ms. Bulma that Lime is here to see her? Tell her it's kind of important," Lime said.

"Not a problem. If you could just wait there, I'll come back with your answer."

"Thank you," Lime responded, but the girl was already gone to—hopefully—find Bulma.

She waited there for twenty minutes, rocking on her heels, hoping that Bulma would help her. She wasn't going to be mean about it. She just wanted to give Gohan that little shove in the right direction. She would never just outright tell Videl who Saiyaman was. That would just be cruel. And that's why she needed Bulma. She was a genius in more than just science. She was clever. And clever is what Lime needed right then.

Just then, the door opened wide. A frazzled Bulma looked her over critically.

"What's the problem?" she demanded airily. "Are you hurt? Is Gohan hurt?"

"No one's injured Bulma," Lime said slowly. "I just needed some help."

"But she said it was urgent…"

"I said it was kind of important. She must have heard me wrong," Lime said sheepishly. "But it is about Gohan."

"He still hasn't told her, huh?"

"Nope," Lime said. "So, I need to come up with a situation that could either give her a clue, or prompt him to let her know."

"Any ideas yet?"

"Not a clue," Lime admitted. "I was thinking it would have to be a 'party' of some sort. Since Gohan and Videl haven't really hung out aside from lunch at school. She's too busy with Saiyaman. It's getting ridiculous."

"I'll say," Bulma chuckled. "Has either of them mentioned anything that they want to do?"

"Now that you mention it," Lime said with a devilish smile that would have made Vegeta proud. "Gohan did mention something at lunch on his first day…"

"What, did I do something wrong?" Videl asked nervously.

"No," he said quickly. He didn't want to discourage her. She had been, after all, magnificent. "It's just…how would you feel if I called you 'Human' while we were…you know…"

"Making out?"

"Yes, that," Gohan said, trying to hold back his blush.

"Oh," Videl said, as the situation sunk in. "I wouldn't have called you Saiyaman you know. But I don't know your real name."

"I realize that Videl," he said smiling at her. "And I've been dropping a lot more hints that I wanted to. I just don't know if you're ready for me to reveal myself…" Before she could protest to that, Gohan continued. "I don't know if I'm ready for it either. If you figure it out…then that's alright, great even. But until I can tell you, we just can't do that."

"So, I can't kiss my boyfriend?" Videl asked in confusion.

"No!" Gohan gasped a little too quickly. "That's not what I meant. We can kiss, just nothing so heavy. If you catch my drift?"

"Yeah," she said blushing at his meaning. "I understand."

The sound of Hercule laughing upstairs sent the two diving for the opposite ends of the couch. But he never came down.

"False alarm," Gohan muttered.

"Hey, Saiyaman," Videl said hesitantly. "Do you think you could tell me how my father beat Cell? I mean, you've been to all of the other major battles the earth has seen. I figure you must have been there too."

"I was," Gohan said. "I was the Deliver Boy after all."

Videl felt foolish for forgetting commonly known knowledge. She could remember little facts from a month ago, but she forgot that. How stupid…

"Right," she said with an embarrassed smile. "So, can you tell me how he did it?"

Gohan thought about lying to her, saying that he just hadn't seen it, but his promise to Hercule flashed in his mind.

I won't bring it up. But if she asks, I'm not going to lie to her.

"He didn't…" Gohan started.

She gasped.

"I did."