"Bring Your BFF to School Day"

Chapter 14: Sneaky, Sneaky Videl . . . Beware Goten!

Hiiiii, everybody . . . Um . . . what's up? Okay, the reason I haven't updated in a while is because I was very PO'ed at Fanfiction. But, everything is resolved now, so I'm back!! Yay! On to the chapter . . . Oh! Luna's Meow, I used to have a cat named Luna too! I absolutely love that name. . . I blame Sailor Moon! Oh, and Gohan'slittleBro47 . . . I uh . . . I knew it was spelled wrong. I was just seeing if umm . . . if anybody would pick up on it . . . and you did! Huzzah, you uh . . . you win! Ehehe.

Videl was still a bit miffed about her little 'chat' with Erasa, but no matter. Erasa had said he was "fair game". So, if it was a game she wanted, a game she would get! And Videl Satan never loses . . . games were her specialty.

And so, the Satan heiress decided to put her ex-best friend into the back of her mind. As of right now, she had far more important matters to be dealing with.

Videl had long ago, when she first met Gohan, decided he was keeping secrets, and if the Satan daughter hated anything more, it was mysterious people. Ever since she was five, Videl had to know everybody's business. Everybody's. It had gotten her into trouble dozens of times, but her nosiness was programmed into her, burned into her brain, etched into her memory.

The way she figured it, if she knew everything, nothing would surprise her. Being a crime fighter, she knew that the enemy having a secret was a bad thing. With secrets, the enemy could get the upper hand.

And Videl had always treated life as a battle. She was her own hero, not a damsel in distress. She was the heroin, and everybody else were her opponents. Life was her opponent. And Videl always won battles.

Son Gohan could NOT have secrets! Something about that boy just screamed "mysterious" and so Videl hated him the very moment her eyes met his. But then, slowly but surely, things started changing.

His "stupid smile" didn't feel so stupid, anymore. His naiveté wasn't so much annoying now, as endearing. The way he'd scratch the back oh his head whenever he was nervous or confused was . . . cute?

And pretty soon, Videl figured out she had a crush on Gohan. Maybe it was more than a crush? She wasn't sure. But now that she held that boy in her heart, he definitely couldn't keep anything hidden from her! She was going to figure out everything about him, even if she had to beat it out of him!

Which was why, currently, she found herself alone with Goten.

Did she feel bad that she was about to use him as a source of knowledge? No, she couldn't say she did. Guilt was not her "thing". Besides, it's not like little Goten wouldn't get anything out of the deal. Of course not. Videl came prepared, of course. She came bearing candy!

"Why, hello, Goten!" Videl acted as nice as she could. After hours of trying, she finally cornered the youngest Son alone.

Goten looked up at her, and threw her a smile exactly like his big brother's. "Hi, uh," Goten's face scrunched together as he searched his memory for the black haired teen's name. "Videl? Yeah, Videl! Um, what's up?"

"Oh," Videl reached into her pocket, "nothing. But, Goten, I've got a bit of a problem, see?" She fished out what she was looking for, and revealed a handful of chocolate goods for Goten to see.

The boy licked his lips. He had Gohan's appetite, too, apparently. "What would that problem be, lady?"

With a sigh, Videl looked down at her candy. "I've got all this candy, and nothing to do with it! I'm not one for chocolate, see? But I'd feel terrible if I just threw it away. Daddy always taught me never to waste food. If only I had someone to give it too." Videl looked up at Goten, and then acted as if she just had an idea. "I know! Goten, do you like chocolate?"

"Uh huh, I LOVE chocolate? Can I please have it?!?" Goten made to grab the candy, and Videl let him.

"Oh, sure! Gee, thanks for solving my problem, Goten. You sure are nice!"

A blush quickly covered the younger boy's face. "Aw, no, you're the nice one!"

Goten stuffed the sweets into his mouth, and looked up at the girl beside him. She sure was kind! Goten immediately knew he liked this girl.

Videl's grin rivaled the Cheshire cat as she watched Goten gulp down the treats. He was acting as she hoped.

"So," Goten started after finishing his precious candy. "You're my brother's friend, right?"

"Oh, yes." Videl smiled at him. Goten then took her hand, and started leading her towards his room. "Where are we going, Goten?"

"We're going to my room, nice lady!" For some reason, Goten had trouble calling Videl by her real name.

Videl decided to just let him take her wherever he wanted. No harm done. "What're we going there for?"

"To play!" Goten chirped and started swinging Videl's hand and hummed to an unknown tune.

After twenty minutes of playing "super hero" with Goten, Videl finally decided to go after what she came for.

"Say, Goten?"

Goten looked up from his building blocks, and smiled at his newest friend. "Yes, Videl?" Finally he had learned to say her name!

"Do you like me, Goten? I think we could be very good friends." Videl needed to make sure the little buy was on her side first, before attempting to get anything out of him.

"Yeah, I like you lots! You played with and gave me chocolate!"

Good, he liked her. "Oh, I like you too, Goten! But, you know, I don't think your brother likes me very much. I mean, we're friends and all, but I don't think he likes me like you do, Goten." Videl made sure to look her saddest while saying this, as if she wanted very much for Gohan to like her. In a way, she really did.

Goten looked sympathetically toward Videl, and patted her back, like his mother did to him whenever he was depressed. "Aw, Videl, I'm sure that's not true at all!"

Videl looked toward the black haired boy, and sniffed lightly. "Really, Goten? How can you be so sure?"

"Gohan doesn't not like anybody." Goten waggled his finger at Videl matter-of-factly. "Mommy says he's just very shy, especially around people his age."

Videl smiled at Goten, and her face looked as if his words made her feel better. "Huh, go figure. What else do you know about Gohan, Goten?" After seeing Goten's confused face, she added "I mean, since we're good friends and all, I want to be good friends with your brother, too! Then we can all be friends!"

The chibi's face brightened. This made perfect sense to Goten. How wonderful it would be if they could all be friends! And then maybe Gohan could play super hero with them, too! And so, Goten made the decision to tell everything he knew about Gohan to Videl.

Videl walked out of Goten's (and Gohan's) room holding her head.

Sure, she learned some pretty interesting stuff, but nothing quite what she was looking for. The things she did learn were small details, like his favorite color, favorite food, and those kinds of things.

Okay, these things could help the crushing on Gohan side of her, but the information did not satisfy the other part of her, the part that wanted to know his big secrets.

Videl decided she would need a different source of information if she were to ever find out the important things about Gohan.

His mother? No.

Goten mentioned some of Gohan's other friends earlier, maybe they could help? Nah, she didn't know them.

. . . Lime? Definitely not! That girl was competition. No fraternizing with the competition. Videl refused to go to her for help.

Videl then got a brilliant idea, and wondered how in the world she didn't think of this in the first place. If she wanted information on Gohan, she'd have to get it from him! Go directly to the source!

But now, how was she supposed to do that, exactly? Hmm . . .

After walking back into the living room, where everybody else currently resided, she plopped herself down on the couch.

Gohan noticed the girl, and smiled nervously. This girl always made him nervous, for some reason. "Where were you, Videl?"

"Oh," Videl waved her hand in the air, and acted as if she didn't care Gohan was talking to her. This was how she always acted, and it would arouse his suspicion if she suddenly acted differently around him. "Just playing with your little brother, Gohan. Goten made me play "Super Hero" with him."

Gohan chuckled, remembering the last time he was forced to play that game with his younger brother. For some reason, Goten LOVED that game.

From the corners of her eyes, Videl watched the newest object of her affections. She would make him confess . . . somehow.

All she needed was a perfect plan.

Okay, I'm done. I won't be as long updating this time, because the problem between me and this site has been resolved (finally!). Anyway, just so guys know, my cat Bella had three gorgeous kittens. Aw!