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Videl's training was going slowly, Gohan was desperately trying to teach her how to control her energy but she was still so deadset that she couldn't do it. He kept telling her that since she was already trained in martial arts it should be easy but whenever he said things like, "You're almost there," or, "just a little more," she couldn't help but think that everything he'd told her was a lie and the moment would be gone along with her concentration.

After the fourth day in a row of sitting around trying to form a ball of light in her hand Videl had had enough. "I'm going." The black haired girl was storming across the Son front yard with Gohan, Erasa, and Sharpner following close behind. "Don't try to stop me, I just need to clear my head I'm going to go to Satan City and help with the clean up."

"Come on Videl, let us come with you," Erasa pleaded. The days were hardest on the blonde girl not having anyone but Videl to really talk to about girl stuff. Her long haired boyfriend listened to her and they talked but Videl spent all her time with Gohan training. She can't leave me alone with them I need somebody to talk to me without bringing up getting married and having kids, she remembered the short conversation she had with Chi Chi that started with Erasa just saying hi and quickly escalated into Chi Chi askiing all sorts of personal questions Erasa didn't feel comfortable with.

"No I need to be alone." Videl got to the front door of their capsule house and spun to face the blonde girl making all three other teens almost slam into her. "Where's my jetcopter? Don't pretend like you don't know Erasa I heard you talking to Sharpner about it a couple days ago now show me where it is."

"Videl I could just fly you there myself, if you want?" Gohan offered. Sharpner was leaked some information about Gohan from Erasa and she ran sobbing to the half-saiyan when she realized she broke her promise but Gohan quickly reassured her that it was okay he was on his way to tell Sharpner anyway, (he really wasn't), Erasa was instantly back to her cheery self again and ran to tell Sharpner all the gossip about their host.

He is so sweet but he gets on my nerve sometimes, "Don't you think that would be a bad idea Gohan, in my dad's city?" She asked sarcastically and Gohan sweat dropped.

"Yeah I guess that makes sense haha," he put his hand behind his head and Videl almost considered not going but then she remembered the news report she heard that morning. 'And it looks like the death toll has stopped rising as almost all the rubble has been removed and any bodies that were trapped have been exhumed. Miraculously only two large buildings collapsed and out of the over seven million people in Satan City, only twenty two thousand were killed and eighty thousand were injured. We believe that no more bodies are going to be found and no more people are in need of rescuing. The city would like to thank the thousands of volunteers from all around the world including the Champ himself who came to help the survivors get back on their feet.'All she could think during that broadcast was that she wasn't there to help them too and it made her angry. "Give, now." Erasa sighed in defeat and went to the spot where she buried the capsule and tossed it to Videl.

"Videl wait," Gohan said one more time but Videl hopped into her copter and flew up into the air and off towards the city. He groaned and made his way to the main house.

"Gohan aren't you going to help her?" Sharpner asked following the demi-saiyan in the door. He was still new to the whole concept of Gohan being able to do stuff like the tricksters but Erasa kept telling him they weren't really tricks. It took some time but Gohan lifted off the ground and that was enough for him.

"Yeah it'll be a couple hours before she gets there so I'll head over there when she's almost there." He saw the shocked expression on his friend's face and explained, "I'm fast. Like really fast." Sharpner didn't look convinced, Dende this guy is harder to convince than Videl... If only that were true.

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As Videl arrived in the city square there were hundreds of people there. She assumed they were a welcoming party because everyone was happy to see her but when she got to the ground she realized it was much worse. There were tents set up all around the streets and on the sidewalks, the hospitals were filled with the intensive care, people in critical condition needed first priority. Finally someone who wasn't busy rushing back and forth between patients noticed an able bodied teen just standing there and rudely announced, "If you aren't going to help do you mind moving out of... Oh my God, Videl Satan I'm so sorry."

Videl thought about giving this guy a piece of her mind but decided against it, "What can I do to help?" After given some directions she headed around the tents, apparently seeing a famous celebrity really brings people's hopes up and she was supposed to make as many appearances as possible to as many people as she could. Though it wasn't what she had in mind as long as she was helping people it was fine with her.

At one of the last tents she went to, pretty late in the afternoon she overheard one of the children telling a story to his friends. There were a lot of children hurt in the disaster and they got their own tents since many were orphaned. She was about to pass them by but unlike most of the other people she had seen that day, these kids didn't seem interested in her at all, the eleven year old boy's story was too intense to turn away from so she decided to listen in. "You guys mind if I listen," she asked with a wide smile on her face and the boys all smiled back and nodded sure.

"So the window had shattered and the wind was like a vacuum, everything was getting pulled out, first it was small things but after a couple minutes my dresser started getting dragged towards the window." Some of the children gasped, others had been in similar situations and simply nodded grimly.

"Come on Joey, what happened next," a little red haired boy asked because the older boy kept taking long pauses for dramatic effect.

"Well, my parents started pushing some furniture into a wall to protect us from the wind and my older sister went to the kitchen to get some rope when I saw my dog. Huey was barking like crazy right on the inside of the window at the storm like he was taking it on himself," Joey sniffled, "the next thing I knew he was gone. Taken by the wind. Nobody was watching me and I thought I could still save him so I ran for the window."

"You didn't," another boy said horrified.

The storyteller nodded his head and continued, "Next thing I know I'm thrown from my house, we lived on the sixty fifth floor of an apartment building downtown. I'm screaming as the wind died down for a second and I'm dropping fast towards the ground." Videl thought this story is getting a little ridiculous, this kid barely looks hurt at all how could he have fallen from a building? "So I'm about to hit the ground and I'm screaming like a mad man when this man, this wonderful man catches me only feet from the ground with one hand."

"Whooaaaa," the audience said in unison including Videl. Gohan saved this kid too, that makes a lot of people today. Not only was Videl hearing stories of the amazing people who saved them during the storm but in the days immediately following, many people told her they were trapped under huge pieces of broken buildings and debris when mysterious people came and lifted them off.

"The man was wearing a black ski mask but it was all torn up and it barely covered any of his face. He carried me fast back up to the window I had fallen from and brought me inside. My parents and sister were huddled crying on the floort but all I kept saying was 'my dog, my dog.' He placed me down and with the hand he caught me with turned me to face him and what he said next I will never forget, he said 'You mean this dog,' and in his other hand was my big golden retriever being held by its collar. Next thing I knew the man was gone and me and my parents lasted the rest of the storm, only I accidentally put my hand down on a piece of glass." He held up his right hand that was bandaged up, "turns out I nicked a vein, oops."

Now that I think about it Gohan was with another guy when he was flying around the city, and he had a ski mask on. "Did you see what his face looked like?" Videl questioned.

Joey nodded and added, "Yes ma'am, his mask barely covered his face at all and I could see his mouth which was smiling the whole time I looked at him and there was another thing, he had a X scar on his cheek like this," the kid put his fingers across each other on his face to show what he meant.

"Okay it was great hearing your story, bye." Videl waved back as she ran out of the tent. Who do I know that has a scar exactly like that, and who just happens to know Gohan.

Gohan was flying around the city as the Gold Fighter but it seemed like his friends did a good job of cleaning the place up. He'd offered to help but Tien told him that it was their turn seeing as they missed the actual storm. Gohan reluctantly obliged but he now saw that he'd left it in capable hands. Yamcha was also taking some time off but instead of the Bahamas, Gohan received a postcard from Tokyo with Yamcha holding each of his arms around a different Japanese girl who looked like twins.

After blowing some rubble to ashes in a more destroyed part of the city to clear a sidewalk Gohan decided there wasn't much for him to do so he decided to check up on his school and see how repairs were going. The first thing he noticed was a giant crater in the parking lot and he blushed even with nobody around remembering that that was him. On the side of the building next to the parking lot, which was the most beat up, it looked like the pickup truck was removed from the wall though the hole was still there, and an entire wall on the outside was still crumpled though the rest of the school didn't look that bad. "Hope this thing gets rebuilt quickly," he said aloud to himself, "sooner or later I won't be able to hide anything from my friends with them living with me."

"Hello Gohan," Gohan looked down surprised, only so many people knew who he was when he looked like he did so who could it be. He was expecting to see Videl though it sounded like a man was talking and when he looked down he gulped, Mr. Don was staring at him from the edge of the crater in the parking lot.

Putting on as deep of a voice as possible Gohan responded, "I am the Gold Fighter I don't know any Gohan." His eyes darted back and forth hoping his lying had gotten a little better since his friends moved in.

"Sure," he said sarcastically, "I just wanted to say that was a great thing you did for your friends. They may not remember what happened but I never passed out and if not for you then we'd all be dead right now. Don't worry I know if you wanted people to know who you really are you would have told them so I won't say a word."

Gohan thought for a second and then smiled, "I still don't know what you're talking about," he said in his normal voice, "but I have a history assignment I have to finish." and winked at Mr. Don before flying off. Ha I knew it, Gohan was the one person I looked for first when they all piled into that auditorium but he was nowhere to be found and yet he's perfectly fine and happens to be wearing the same clothes as that Golden guy. Let's see how he does on his assignment, I'm sure the history of the Cell Games will be a little different from his perspective.

The gold boy took a seat on top of a skyscraper and pondered if he should keep his identity a secret anymore, everyone was finding out anyway and they all still seemed to like him. It's not like 'The Champ' will have anything to say about it. Gohan chuckled remembering how the grown man peed himself, I know it's selfish and a bad idea with Videl being there but I totally want to verse him in the first round. Gohan can you come up to the Lookout it's about to happen. As quickly as the transmission started it was over and Gohan started flying full speed for the Lookout, he knew Yamcha had been waiting for this for a while now.

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"Where is he?" Yamcha said impatiently pacing back and forth across the lookout's front porch. Not many of the Z fighters had shown up to summon the dragon, only Yamcha, Krillin, and Mr. Popo were there, not including the Nameks Dende and Piccolo. Finally Gohan landed and Yamcha grinned, "Finally, what you stop at a McDonald's?"

Gohan smiled sheepishly, "Sorry about that I ran into my girlfriend on my way here."

"You've got a girlfriend!" Krillin shouted making Gohan turn red. It took me until I was twice his and his father's age when I got my first girlfriend, lucky.

"And you'll never guess who it is," Yamcha joked while spreading out the dragon balls in a bunch on the floor and they started glowing. He stood up, "It's Mr. Satan's daughter."

"What happened Gohan?" Dende started and Gohan moaned, "I thought you told me it wasn't like that," he teased.

"Enough guys time to summon the dragon," Yamcha said getting the mood set back to serious. Standing in front of the balls he threw his arms up in the air, "Eternal Dragon rise forth and grant my wish, Shenron!" The balls glowed and wind started rushing around the Lookout, the green dragon hundreds of feet tall loomed over them appearing from the magic seven balls.

"Why have you summoned me, speak your two wishes so that I may return to my slumber." A deep growl announced as the dragon's eyes glowed red with impatience.

"Please Shenron, there was a terrible storm in Satan City, can you help bring back all those who were killed during the storm to life?" Yamcha said making sure he chose his words carefully as saying 'all who died' would have included people killed by the wind and lightning and falling buildings which was natural. Now all those people I killed will be brought back.

"It shall be done." The dragon's eyes glowed bright for a second and then Piccolo gasped and took a step back. "Your wish has been granted what is your second?"

"This can't be right," Piccolo said and the others turned to him in confusion. "I was sensing Satan City's kis to make sure the wish was actually granted," he looked up at Shenron, "no disrespect intended, but when I felt the city I felt somewhere around twenty thousand people come back to life."

"I don't get it what's the problem?" Krillin asked while Gohan and Yamcha started thinking.

"The problem Krillin is that Yamcha only killed a couple hundred people for this maybe a thousand at maximum. The rest of the deaths should have been natural." Piccolo answered, "Eternal dragon for our second wish I ask of you, what caused the storm that killed all these people." As soon as the words left Piccolo's mouth Gohan started to get angry, it all made sense to him, how else could all those people have been brought back?

"Inside of the clouds there was a man, masking his ki, he was the cause of the storm." Shenron replied. "Your wish has been granted I take my leave."

"Wait what person, who did this?" Yamcha shouted but the dragon had already turned into a shining light and the balls flew up into the sky and shot off in different directions. Everyone was silent except Gohan who was shaking, someone killed all those people, I can't believe it. Noticing the teen about to get mad Yamcha attempted to calm him down, "You know guys this is a good thing." Gohan looked up and was about to shout 'HOW' but Yamcha kept talking, "Without him starting the storm only a handful would have been revived, besides that awesome triple Kamehameha and Final Flash must've killed him to make the storm stop." Gohan was still angry that someone did all this and the others knew it and were slowly backing off but Yamcha had one more idea, "You know this means that kid on the roof is alive too."

Gohan's hair stopped swaying and the aura that formed around him dissipated, "Oh crap." Everyone was shocked at Gohan's response and he realized that those were the wrong choice of words, "My friend was going out with him and now she's going out with someone else and it's barely been a week. This sucks," Gohan kicked at the ground, he liked Chad, the funny guy in his gym class that was usually stoned but Sharpner was his friend and he and Erasa were so happy together. "See ya guys," Gohan said and flew off the Lookout for home.

In a little under five minutes he was back at his house and was not surprised that Videl was still gone, especially after she called him out on lying to her again when she brought up the scar faced man saving people. I've really got to get better at lying to people, not only is my identity compromised but now Yamcha's too. "Hey guys I'm back," he called landing on his front lawn. Goten was spending some time with the Briefs after almost blowing up Sharpner with a stray ki blast the day before and so Erasa, his mother, and Sharpner were the only ones to meet him.

"So did you do it? I saw the sky get black," Chi Chi asked concerned.

Gohan smiled wide and looked at both his friends and his mom when he answered, "Yep, all twenty two thousand people are back to life."

Erasa and Sharpner frowned at Gohan who wasn't usually one to make jokes like that. Chi Chi was shocked, "I thought you said only the ones that you know who killed would be able to be brought back." The blondes looked back and forth between mother and son who were spewing nonsense and gave up and walked back to the black house.

"Let's check the radio Sharpy," Erasa suggested as they entered the living room.

She started twisting the knobs looking for the right station, "Why bother, do you seriously think he was serious." "Breaking news, if you are just tuning in it seems another miracle has happened. Before the miracle was that so little of the population was killed, many saved by the mysterious saviors that flew around the city but now even better news!" Sharpner dropped down to the couch and whispered, "You've got to be kidding me."

Gohan was still talking to his mother on the front yard about what happened when they summoned the dragon. To anyone listening to the conversation it probably sounded like they were speaking gibberish but after explaining and answering a few of his mother's questions he went inside for dinner. The other two already ate his mother explained to him so he dug in without holding back so as not to gross out his classmates like usual and downed entire plates in single bites.

"Hey hon, I think your girlfriend is back and she seems pretty excited." Chi Chi said looking ou the window. Gohan chugged down a water and raced outside to meet Videl who was landing her jetcopter.

Videl jumped out of the copter's drivers side and ran straight over to Gohan jumping and hugging him. "It's so great Gohan, they're all alive. All the people from the storm, they all made it." Gohan smiled and hugged her back, the other two teens had made their way outside and overheard some of what Videl said.

"Yeah we just heard on the news," Sharpner said winking at Gohan noticeably and Erasa elbowed him in the side, not near as hard as Videl usually did but hard enough to make him wince.

Videl ignored Sharpner, as usual, and went back to hugging Gohan before realizing they were still on the front yard. She blushed violently and leaped back almost falling over, she spun around so the blondes couldn't see her face and capsulized her helicopter.

The next day Videl was in a much better mood than usual, much better than the morning before. If the dead can rise like after the Cell Games, then anything is possible. I'm going to do this. After only twenty minutes of the same training they'd been doing for over half a week Videl was able to form a little ball of light in her hands. Gohan looked really impressed and she smirked but kept her concentration on holding the ball of energy steady.

"Really nice Videl," she let her arms drop to her sides and the light disappeared. Collapsing to her knees she smiled up at Gohan her big blue eyes looking into his so happy with herself. He took a seat next to her and they had a conversation and then Gohan remembered, "Hey Videl, Mr. Don knows about me being the Gold Fighter." She looked up surprised but Mr. Don was a sharp guy, she'd never been caught by any teacher except him when she used the excuse she was saving people so she didn't have time for her homework. Even on days when there were no crimes she would occassionally use that excuse but Mr. Don somehow knew that she was lying and she got detention for it so she never lied about it again and just said she forgot like everyone else did. "Yeah I saw him when I visited the school today, you know I think we might get back sooner than everyone says, maybe next Monday even."

"Oh, so soon?" Videl asked disappointed. I'm going to have to go home then, my dad would never let me stay here during school. "I just hope my Dad got us somewhere to stay once school starts back up."

"Your not staying!" Gohan shouted realizing too late how sad he sounded, "I mean I'll miss you." He looked at his feet, Gohan was secretly hoping that she could stay with him forever like his mom wanted but he knew that couldn't happen, not yet anyway.

"Don't worry Gohan we'll spend just as much time together I promise," yeah right that's impossible, he was thinking pouting in his head when Videl just leaned in and put her lips on his. Gohan had never kissed a girl before but it felt good and when she pulled away he felt a little disappointed but happy, very happy. Videl noticed the wide smile on his face and giggled before putting her hand over her face, she did not giggle. Gohan noticed however and started cracking up and soon Videl was laughing too.

Over the next couple days the kids hung out a lot, trained, swam, and did all sorts of things teenagers do. Gohan was right and school was set to start on Monday and Saturday was the last day they were staying at Gohan's, all their parents had agreed to send their children back Sunday morning so they could have a good day with them before they had to go back to school. That Saturday night Chi Chi was making an amazing feast for the kids. Trunks and Goten were also there as were Trunks' parents, (though Vegeta came reluctantly, only after the promise of a feast fit for a prince), they brought along Yamcha and Puar who still lived at the Capsule Corp compound most of the time in a separate house as per Vegeta's orders, and Ox King who heard from his daughter that this might be the first time he gets to see his grandson's future wife.

Everyone was already set to eat and getting impatient when Ox King arrived. Thinking that the occasion was special, the Ox King wore his battle armor and helmet with horns on it that proved his status as king. Apparently no one had expected him to show up looking like that because no one bothered to warn Videl so when the giant stepped in through the front door with great difficulty looking scary Erasa screamed and Videl jumped into action.

"This will be good," Chi Chi remarked as Videl sent a flying kick straight for her father's chest. Ox was pretty surprised when a foot slammed into his chest and he actually felt it, but he didn't budge from his position. The girl who kicked him back-flipped off a couple times landing in fighting stance.

"So you must be the girl Chi Chi keeps telling me about," the giant said stepping towards Videl who was caught off guard knowing that this must be the mysterious Ox King she heard was coming. He outstretched his had for Videl to shake and when she grabbed it he brought her in for a hug.

"You're, crushing, me," Videl managed to mumble as Ox King held her off the ground. He placed her down and she coughed a few times, this guy is ridiculously strong.

"Sorry about that I was just excited to meet you," Ox King laughed heartily and everyone started digging in to their meals.

After some small conversation between the group somebody mentioned the WMAT and Videl perked up, Bulma was the one who was talking and she was looking at Gohan, "So I hear you're entering the World's Martial Arts Tournament Gohan, following your parent's footsteps." Gohan smiled and nodded, do all these people know he's the Gold Fighter? Videl thought to herself. "Vegeta won't enter even though I keep telling him we could use the prize money."

"I can't believe your entering as a Super Saiyan, it's a disgrace to the legend of our people." Vegeta remarked disgusted at Gohan, "To use it outside of battle solely for disguise is embarrassing to all of us."

"Excuse me but what's a Saiyan?" Yamcha gulped and looked at Gohan who was trying to come up with something to say.

He knew that whatever Gohan said would be a terrible lie so he helped out, "It's an ethnicity," at least that part is true, "both of them come from it just Vegeta takes it more seriously."

Vegeta looked like he was about to blow Yamcha to smithereens but Bulma gave him a look that said, 'If you tell Gohan's new friends that you are both aliens then I'm not giving you dinner for the rest of the week,' so he kept his mouth shut.

"Well, I'm joining too, and so is Chi Chi." Videl announced deciding to get to know these people a little better, especially Yamcha, she wanted a hundred in gym that quarter.

"I think I'd like to join too," A voice said and everyone dropped their silverware.

"It couldn't be."

"Kakarott!"

"Father?"

"Yep, it's me I was talking to Baba earlier and she said that I have a day pass for saving the world and all so I'm allowed to come down and I'd like to spend it at the tournament."

"Umm, what's happening?" Erasa asked looking around the room to everyone who was looking up at the ceiling. After the weird voice started talking everyone got all excited except for herself, Sharpner, and Videl whose mouth was open ever since Gohan managed to say 'father.'

"Gohan, what do you mean father? I thought your dad was dead?" Videl asked.

"I am dead," Goku replied from other world. How do I phrase this and not freak them out. "I'm just coming back for a day to see my friends and family again, it's alright I promise." Good one Goku, he thought. "See you then!"

The connection King Kai established was cut and they all started talking at once. Vegeta was sure to make his voice heard above all the rest, "If Kakarott is entering then so am I."

"Yamcha why don't you enter?" Bulma asked the scar-faced man.

"Nah, with Goku, Gohan, and Vegeta, I don't think I'd even stand a fighting chance. I know that Krillin will definitely want to be there though." He looked down at his watch, "I'll wait for tomorrow then I'll head over and tell them about it, I can't wait to see how he reacts."

Gohan heard a voice in his head that wasn't speaking to everyone else, I will join as well. "Hey guys Piccolo is entering too!" Gohan yelled and they all started talking at once again. The whole time Erasa and Sharpner just kept looking around the room shocked that they all were apparently strong enough fighters to take place in such a competition.

After the feast, all the guests thanked Chi Chi for such a wonderful meal and headed home. Most of them flew except for the Ox King who got into an expensive looking Ferrari and drove off into the distance.

Sharpner sat on the couch next to Gohan in the living room of their house for one last night and admitted, "Nerd boy, you have the coolest family and friends in the world. Were they all serious about entering the tournament?" Gohan smiled and Sharpner closed his eyes leaning back into the couch, "That's sweet, I'll be rooting for you guys, unless you come up against Videl. I've been watching some of her father's former wins and he's never gone up against anyone as good as Videl, unless you include Cell but it's impossible to see that since the camera was broken." I hate it when people say stuff like that, Gohan's eyes flashed white, what that was barely an angry thought, whatever if I can still regain control every time I'll be fine. "But yeah, I don't think he can beat her, Videl is one amazing girl and you and your mother better hope you don't get matched up against her."

Gohan laughed and patted Sharpner on the back, he pulled out a Coke from the mini fridge and tossed it to the blonde before pulling one out for himself. "I think I've got other things to look forward to." Dad I can't believe you're really coming. I'm going to train hard, I've got a month but that's more than enough time to get back into good form. I might not be as strong as before but I will still try just as hard as I did against Cell if I see you in the ring. Sharpner was looking at his black haired friend who was looking up again, "I'm just excited, excited that I'll get to see my dad again."