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Chapter 14

In the end the group of fighters and teenagers agreed to use the dragon balls in the next day. Dende said it was best for Gohan's friends to have a good night of sleep, he knew they were tired after traveling so much after all. As he expected, his demi saiyan friend didn't get so happy with that; but he didn't complain; all he did was a scowl to show his feelings to his Kami friend. Mr. Popo made food to all visitors, and was happy all the time. ChiChi hugged each teenager as fast as she saw them, Goten doing the same but ran away fast enough to play with Trunks – who barely nodded to the group. She often looked at her oldest son, trying to find out how he was feeling with all this; it didn't work. It was all the same of seven years ago, where he seemed a different person and she couldn't read him. She hated that, but he didn't. When the woman asked to talk to him he just shrugged.

"It's better that you can't read me again." Was all he said to her, and she had to give up. He was stubborn once in this state, just like his father. Goku wouldn't tell his plans if he believed it were going to sadden her, and she hated that. It was just like when he made Gohan fight against Cell, what was the point in not telling if she'd be sad after seeing it? Giving up on reading her son, she just went to sleep at Eighteen's room, together with Kuririn, Goten and Trunks – after a lot of complain from the kids of course.

Videl and the two blondes where settled into a room near Zerah and her family, right at the side of Gohan's bedroom. Dende was starting to consider asking Bulma for some capsule houses as the temple was starting to get crowded and without room for everyone. He decided that he'd not sleep that night; the kami had sensed that something could go wrong if he did so. Meanwhile the three human teenagers entered Gohan's room after asking him to show it to them. The demi saiyan was asking kami – that was outside – to get them sleepy so he could rest too; what obviously didn't happen. Videl wanted to talk, as well as Sharpener and Erasa, but he wasn't really into it.

"So," Videl started after sitting on his bed; it was enough for two people she noticed. "You came here right after leaving the hospital?" Sharpener and Erasa both sat at her side, letting Gohan sat on the small armchair in front of it.

"Yes." He simply said, the small seat making his hidden tail shake bothered by the thigh space. That's why he never used that armchair; the last time he fit there was when he was eleven years old; he even wondered why it was still there.

"Did someone bring you here? Because you still had your ribs broken right?" Erasa asked with a soft tone. With a sigh Gohan moved into the tight space, trying to be more comfortable, it didn't work and his tail was still shaking; saiyans tails were a weak spot after all, well, kinda. It was still a sensitive member.

"No. I came here by myself. How was your trip with Kuririn?" He asked while getting up from the armchair; his tail was hurting there and he didn't want another hurt spot on his body; it stopped shaking immediately and he felt better.

"Oh it was incredible! He taught us about so many things!" Erasa answered cheerfully, and her friends smiled; even Gohan. He was glad that at least they had fun, not getting hurt as he did.

"You may know how to fly, right?" Sharpener asked with a raised eyebrow, and that got Gohan a bit by surprise. He didn't expect Kuririn to show them that he could fly. "Kuririn is teaching us into martial arts, we now know some interesting things." The blonde now smiled triumphant at his surprised friend.

"I see." Gohan paused. "Indeed I know how to fly, so I guess you guys can too?" He now rested his back at the wall, still looking at the three on his bed. Since they found out that by their own, he didn't mind to confirm it.

"Well… not really…" Videl said with a pout that made Gohan look at her with curiosity. "Sharpener can float a little while me… well… I'm having difficulties in that matter." She looked down ashamed of herself.

"I didn't even find my ki yet. You're better than me." Erasa said patting her friend's back, in a supportive aid. The three then started to talk about their training, telling their black haired friend about all the trouble they went through to gather the Dragon Balls.

Gohan stood there looking at his friends, thinking of how they were important to him and how much he wanted their support; even without telling them about his heritage. It was ironic; he wanted them to trust him but he wasn't telling them half of the truth about himself. Gohan couldn't help the soft chuckle that came to his lips, and it turned out into a hard laugh. He didn't know why he was laughing at all; was it nervousness? Then it all turned into a sad sob, maybe all the pressure he had on his shoulders since he was a child finally got to him; the happiness of the peaceful lives of his friends was the complete opposite of his own.

The teenagers were stunned as they didn't understand what was happening to their friend. Confused glares were exchanged between them while the sob intensified, but before they could do something about it the door opened abruptly. Gohan looked at it and saw Piccolo with a worried glare, making his cry to stop. The namekian was listening to their talk, due to his advanced hearing, and couldn't help but remember those old times at the forest with a crying four years old boy. He approached his pupil, a hand on his shoulder showing concern.

"Are you ok?" He asked looking at Gohan's eyes, that were still wet but without tears now. Gulping he nodded.

"I'm fine. Sorry for worrying you." Piccolo sighed; he knew that Gohan was lying.

"Don't lie to me. You know that I know you better than anyone." Gohan let out a muffled chuckle, while the trio that was witnessing the scene understood nothing. "I'm sorry for putting the weight to save Earth in your shoulders again. You know that, right?" A smile crossed the teenager's face after hearing his master's voice inside his head, Piccolo always knew what he was feeling. It was just like he said: he knew him better than anyone.

"I know. Thank you." He assured his master with a characteristic Son smile, making Piccolo smile too.

"Are you really… fine?" Videl asked even being confused and lost in their short talk; the girl never saw Gohan cry before and she sure hated it. His smile turned soft as he looked at her worried eyes, making her heart skip a beat. A nod made Videl's worries lighter, but they were still there.

The talk ended a few minutes after Piccolo made sure that his pupil was really fine and left the room. The trio noticed that Gohan was really tired and decided to keep their talk for the next day; they knew they'd stay there for an unknown time after all. As soon as they left, Gohan let out a deep sigh and fell on his bed, his face hitting the soft mattress. He stood like that for long minutes, and finally turned so that his face could now see the ceiling. He also gave his tail freedom, and it paid him back by waving at its own will; it amused him to tell the truth, sometimes it was like the member had a self-consciousness.

"I don't recall you being like this when I was a child." He said looking at the waving tail, which kept its movement. As he stood there for a long time, he just kept looking at the ceiling, thinking. He should tell his friends the truth about him, shouldn't he?

But again, how would they react? By their talk earlier they now seem to not think that all aliens are bad, and they didn't even feel fear with all their guests. But it was different when it was someone closer, no? He took a deep breath; he should just tell them to take one of the responsibilities out of his shoulders. Plus it would make him a lot happier. Then he heard two soft knocks on the door that broke his trail of thinking. Doing a fast ki sensing he was surprised to find out it was Videl, and soon enough he heard two more knocks, this time a bit louder. As Gohan was wondering what she wanted it didn't come to his mind to answer her, at least until he heard the low voice of the girl.

"I guess he's sleeping already…" At that he couldn't hold back the anxiousness on his voice.

"I-I'm coming, wait!" It also came out louder than he expected.

Cursing under his breath he hid his tail again and rushed to the door. Taking deep breaths to calm down, he opened the door slowly. Videl had her hair free from the ponytails, but was still using the usual white shirt and black pants, but instead of her boots she was using flip flops. They stood there staring at each other for longer than expected, but Gohan cleaned his throat before speaking.

"I-Is something wrong?" His eyes went to the floor, just to meet her blue orbs again when she spoke.

"Huh, no, I mean…" She made a grimace and looked away, while trying to put her thoughts in place. She just went there due to Erasa's stubbornness as the blonde just kept annoying her once she said that she was worried about Gohan. Why wouldn't she? When they finally meet again he was acting as cold and distant than the first time they meet at school, not to mention how he avoided Erasa's touch and his cry.

The soft Gohan cried for Kami's sake!

"Videl?" He called her out, making their eyes meet once again. The girl took a breath to break the stare.

"I… are you really doing fine?" That took him by surprise; but again, Videl was almost unpredictable. "It's just that… you're acting weird and distant. Did something happen?" Her eyes showed concern and it made his heart ache a bit. 'She noticed…' A sudden cold wind made its way in both, making the girl shiver and hugs her own body to keep her warm. Gohan put one hand on her shoulder, its warmth sent chills on her whole body and Videl tried her best to not show it.

"Come inside, its warmer." He didn't have any dirty thoughts; he was just worried that she would get sick. Holding back a blush she nodded and followed him inside.

There she was again, but this time alone with him. He led her to the armchair; after she sat down he got his blanket and put it around her body as if she was a kid that didn't know how to do so. His scent made its ways to her nose, and she couldn't resist but enjoy it. He smiled and crouched in front of her, his arms crossed on top of her legs.

"Better?" He was grinning. 'This stupid grin of his… it's so cute.' She nodded.

"Will you answer me? It's fine if you don't want to though…" Videl put her hands on his arms, one coincidentally on his fingers that were holding his arms.

Gohan heart immediately reacted to her touch, but he did his best not to show it. He looked down at her hands, they were so small compared to his, yet it could make his heart race in a flash. He could tell her somethings indeed… she wasn't doing an inquiry, he could tell she was worried.

"Well…" His eyes meet hers again. "It's just that…" He stopped again; her eyes were really distracting him. "Let's say it's been a while since I felt normal and at peace." He decided in the end. It wasn't a lie though.

Videl studied his features, and moved one hand up; she was aiming for his face. It wasn't a reaction as fast as when Erasa did it, but he avoided the touch on the last minute. He then looked away; he really wasn't prepared for them, specifically her, to find out about his face. Videl got her hands back, this time putting it inside the blanket. 'So it's ok to touch his body but not his face… what's wrong with him?'.

"I see." Was all she said. He looked up to her. "I'm glad you aren't like that because of us." She let out a soft smile and he thanked Kami for their oblivious knowledge of his outburst a few days ago.

"Gohan, sorry to interrupt, but I need your help again." Dende's voice came to his mind, making he sigh.

"Dende is calling me, can you wait until I come back?" He said getting up, looking at her. Videl nodded once and he smiled before going out.

Dende had to hold back a smirk as he saw Gohan. Well, the young kami may have something to do with a convenient cold wind a few minutes ago. He didn't want to mingle with his friend's love life, but he knew Gohan was being too hard minded by staying away from the person he liked. But he'd not tell what he did though; he didn't need another saiyan outburst.

"What's up Dende?" Gohan said once at his side.

"A few demi aliens are being chased… can you go to them?" When his friend nodded and pressed the button on his watch, showing his true face once more and his new suit, he continued. "Just, take care ok?" Gohan nodded, making sure to tell his friend he'd be fine.

It wasn't too long after that Gohan appeared with a dozen scared people with him, also he was bleeding at the right side of his belly. Dende ran to heal him but he didn't let.

"It's ok Dende. It's not serious at all. I can take care of this myself so, don't worry." Of course the namekian was against it but Gohan just walked back to his room. Changing back to his gi he walked inside, just to find a sleeping Videl at the armchair. He had completely forgotten about her and felt a little bit guilty; even the keepers being distracting enough.

The demi saiyan walked over to the sleeping girl and softly pulled her out of the armchair, princess style. He groaned as his wound made itself present by aching, but he had got worse ones in the past so it didn't really bothered. Walking to the left side of the bed he slowly put Videl down, taking care to not wake her up. He stared at her for a several minutes, and finally used his fingers to put a lock of hair away from her face, before going to take care of his new wound on the bathroom.

He closed the door, took off the upper part of his gi and looked at the bloodied part. Opening one of the drawers under the sink he got a clean towel. After wetting it he started to clean the damaged area. Now free from all the blood he could see it really wasn't a deep wound so he didn't do much. After putting some medicine he wrapped his belly with a medical band. Putting the upper part of his clothes again Gohan walked out; as soon as he got to the bed he lied down without thinking twice, even with Videl there. Turning to his left side he closed his eyes after looking a little bit more at the girl in front of him. He wished that at least she could have a nice night of sleep.

It was several minutes after that Videl opened her eyes. Her blue orbs were fixed on his sleeping face; she never had the chance to look at it before, her mind remembering the exactly moment she woke up: when he carried her to the bed. Her heart skipped a beat as the touch of his fingers gently put her hair away from her face while she was faking her sleep, and she could only react after hearing the bathroom's door close. A low groan from Gohan made she came back to the present, her eyes traveling to the hand he had on his right side where she saw blood.

Blood.

Her eyes widened as the concern grew, and the last thing he said to her came back. Dende is calling me. Videl had to hold back her anger as the alien was Kami, but she was blaming him already. But, as she learned something while traveling, she was going to hear what happened before making a decision.

"Dad…" A painful voice came from Gohan, making Videl forget her anger for a little bit. "Don't… it's my fault…" Her eyes became soft at that; all her angry for his new injury crashed as the girl remembered when Gohan told her about his scars at the fire pit. His free hand was now gripping the white bed sheet and she aimed for that one. Her tiny hand was now on top of his.

"It's ok. Everything is fine now." For her surprise he relaxed, just before he brought her close to him with a brute force she had no knowledge of. In a flash he was hugging her body; she could feel his breath near her face as her body fitted perfectly on his. By now she was deaf, courtesy of her own loud heart beat that echoed inside her ears. He mumbled something but she couldn't understand.

Videl didn't hate their position, she was happy for the moment after all, so she decided to enjoy it and sleep. Gohan unconsciously put both into a better comfortable hug, and had no more nightmares that night.

Gohan slowly stretched his body; his eyes still closed, and hugged someone closer. That made him frown, after all he didn't remember sleeping with Goten. Maybe the kid sneaked into his room again? With a deep breath he felt an essence different from his brother, making the boy open his eyes.

He wished he didn't.

Wide eyes looked at a sleeping Videl on his arms, a peaceful semblance on her face as if she had one of the best nights in her life. His mind by now was having an internal fight; one side said that he should wake her up and just tell her his feelings, while the other said to push her away as fast as possible. He couldn't decide at all. Gohan was frozen.

Then Videl woke up.

As fast as she opened her eyes he closed his. There was no way the demi saiyan was going to let her know that he was awake. Videl made herself more comfortable on his arms, and he made his best to not let she notice that he was, despite the despair of being found out, enjoying her presence. A soft giggle came from her mouth, she was happy that finally she had some cute moment with Gohan, even he being asleep. She didn't care at all. After a while her hands found his wrist that had his watch, and she turned around to see what time was it. Her eyes widened once she read 8:00am. 'We sleep all night! Damn it Erasa will annoy me to no end!' Slowly, and with care to not wake him up, she got free from his comfortable arms, missing the warmth of the half alien already. She smiled softly at him before getting out of the room.

Gohan sat up right after the door closed. His tail got free for its own will and started to move around frantically, as if responding the boy's feelings. 'What the hell did I do yesterday?! Why did I even sleep on the bed?!' He covered his fake face with his hands, trying to calm down. He couldn't let Videl know that he woke up before her and faked his sleep; she was going to be so mad at him…

Videl didn't have to walk much to find Erasa and Sharpener sitting on the floor of the lookout. Of course it also took mere seconds for the first blond smirk at the brunette, who started to argue with her.

"Oh come on Vi! You two slept together!" Erasa said but Sharpener did the groan of protest; he didn't want to hear that.

"Erasa! It's not like that!" Videl crossed her arms in front of her. "I went there to talk, but Kami called him for some reason. I don't know how he did that though…" She said with a pout, shaking her head to get back to main topic. "He asked for me to wait him so I did it. But I kinda… slept."

"Riiiiight…" Erasa said before something caught her attention. "Well, we can always ask Gohan to be sure." Another smirk crossed her face as the glare she got from Videl.

A little away from them Gohan walked with a bit of nervousness, he was afraid of Videl knowing he was awake and he knew for sure how Erasa would tease him. Or them. His heart froze as he saw his friends, Videl still with her hair loose, but he couldn't go to them as Dende stepped in front of his way, making him stop.

"Let me heal you." Gohan chuckled at his friend that glared at him. "Don't laugh!" Everyone was looking at the duo now.

"Come on Dende, I already told you that I'm fine."

"Show me." The angry frown he was receiving made the half breed sigh.

"As I said, it wasn't deep. It's healed already!" Dende sighed heavily; he knew how stubborn Gohan was after deciding something so he gave up.

"Fine! But if your mom comes angry at me because you have a new injury, I'll let her know it's your fault!" That made the boy shiver; ChiChi was basically the only human he feared after all. Looking at his friends he smiled, even them being concerned as they noticed the blood in his clothes making them forget about the sleeping together subject. It wasn't long after that Piccolo fixed it for him, by conjuring a new up gi part.

Mr. Popo brought the dragon balls, all of them, to Dende, who ordered that only Gohan, Videl, Erasa, Sharpener, Piccolo, Kuririn and Eighteen to be closer, all the aliens had to go inside. Kuririn walked to them followed by his wife that was clearly mad by now – a rare thing to be noticed.

"I'm going back to our house." She said once they stopped in front of the group. "If I'm going to be treated like this, I prefer to stay on the middle of nowhere!" Kuririn sweat dropped.

"Calm down… I already told you that if you act like that it'll be worse." He noticed that even his students were looking at her with a little bit of uncertainty, she looked just like the keepers after all; aside from her eyes and clothes.

"Excuse me but…" Sharpener decided to talk for his friends. "Why you're so alike the keepers?" All eyes went to Eighteen, who made an angry face.

"THEY look like me! I'm much older! Besides I am a living person!" She crossed her arms and looked away. That only led the teenagers to more questions, which surprisingly were answered by Gohan.

"Look guys…" He said with one hand scratching the back of his head. "Seven years ago a mad scientist created two androids to destroy one specific alien." That got them by surprise, and even Eighteen was looking at him with curiosity; he wasn't going to say that she was supposed to kill his father? "Well, at the same time Cell appeared and blew up his plan. Eighteen and her brother, Seventeen, changed after that." It took a few seconds but Gohan received a friendly slap in his back, Piccolo's courtesy.

"Look who grew up and is now sharing info!" Piccolo said with a smirk and his pupil let out a disbelief chuckle; he wasn't that closed, was he?

"S-So… we can say you're a beta project for the keepers?" Videl asked still a little bit confused, but not the same as before. Besides, this mad scientist was surely the same one Kuririn told them about, the one who also created Cell. The only missing part is the identity of the alien they should kill, and why. Oh and that thing about the future... they were still a bit confused at that.

"No. I don't recall him having a project like that before we killed him…" She then turned to her husband, ignoring the looks she got from the teenagers at the word 'killed'. "You didn't find anything else either at the lab right?" He denied with his head and looked at Gohan.

"Do you?" That got the boy in surprise, but he shook his head denying it too. He didn't lie; his memory from that time was really blurred for obvious reasons.

The talk died not too long after that. Kuririn insisted that they used the dragon balls as soon as possible because of Bulma. The woman was surely having a furry attack by now.

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That's it guys! Sorry that it is not a bomb, but I have a reason for that hehe~~

Don't expect another bomb in the next update either, but if you guys ask… maybe I'll do one~~