Sorry it took a few days... School started and I had a little bit of work, and a little bit of a social distraction. But here it is! I've been getting a lot of positive reviews, only one bad one in 140! And it was well explained and mostly feedback... I'm pretty happy with myself =D
This one ends on another cliffhanger... I'd love to hear what you think it is? hehe anyway, read, enjoy and review!
Gohan and Krillen charged at each other. Their fists clashed with one another and the power that came from the attack caused a light wind to blow in all directions from them. "Lets take a down a notch." Krillen said.
Gohan nodded an they both jumped back. Krillen didn't waste anytime to run at full speed right back to Gohan. He aimed to punch but Gohan moved out of the way causing Krillen to keep moving a few steps onward leaving Gohan's back open. Krillen took the chance and kicked him in the back.
Gohan fell forward but quickly regained balance on his hands and flipped back into a fighting stance. He saw Krillen come at him with another punch which he was able to dodge and counter. Gohan hit him hard on the head sending him back. Not wasting any time he ran forward to inflict another blow.
Krillen blocked with is right hand and went for a kick. Gohan caught his let in his hand and threw him over his head. Krillen fell to the floor hard, and while he was standing up, Gohan was able to hit him hard in the gut, sending him up a few feet in the air.
While in the air, Krillen somehow managed to regain composure and landed on his feet. The two opponents began to stare each other down.
The audience was enjoying this very much. They didn't see such thrilling battles, even at the world tournament. There were no more doubts about Krillen or Gohan. Videl was thrilled to watch them battle like that. She was well aware that they were holding back, but then she imagined all that much faster, with each blow having the power to crush a mountain. That was probably their real potential.
Krillen and Gohan were about to go at it once more but then the bell rang. "Stalemate." Coach decided and he dismissed the class.
Krillen walked a little with Gohan and began talking. "Looking at those kids training, reminds me of when I was little. But were we really ever that weak?" He laughed.
Gohan smirked. "I know I never was." he laughed.
"Well sorry! Its not my fault I don't have alien blood in me." Krillen pouted.
Gohan just laughed more at that. But fighting a bit like that, it made Gohan want to have a real battle. He wished Vegeta were there at the moment so that he could just use up all his energy. But he'd have to wait until he came back.
He walked calmly back to the locker room. Receiving many praises from his class mates on the way. Gohan had to keep the fight at a somewhat low level for the better benefit of the class. What good would it do them to watch a fight they couldn't see?
In the locker room, he thanked Sharpener for lending him his clothes and received a series of compliments from his friend. As Gohan said good-bye to Videl with a kiss, wishing her good luck with the shopping, he couldn't forget that urge he had to fight.
He thought long and hard on how he could quench that thirst for action. He considered going to the Gravity Room and putting it to the max that Bulma had built it to be. He knew that he had a lot of energy to release, and that room wouldn't contain it. No matter how many times the gravity was.
Gohan eliminated that option and moved on the second. He could alway have a fight with Krillen for real. But then he realized that his old friend was no match for him, and Gohan was wanting a full out battle. He sighed as he walked around Satan City, still thinking of what to do about that burning need inside of him to fight someone.
A group of girls called out to him, they said something like "Come hang out with us, cutie!" but Gohan paid no mind to it and kept walking, staring at the sky. He thought back to the fight with Cell. Though he hadn't liked it much when it happened, he had to admit that it was a very epic battle. The best that Earth had seen.
Gohan sighed again, wishing that he could fight that battle again, just to experience the adrenaline. He then cursed at himself for thinking that. He should know better than to wish for a threat to come to earth just so he could fight it. He was beginning to think like Vegeta! That wasn't in any way a good thing.
As the teenaged Saiyan kept on walking, another idea grew in his mind. Maybe battling Trunks and Goten both at the same time would pose a good challenge. Maybe two little, young, hyperactive Super Saiyans would be able to match his power. Gohan then face-palmed himself thinking that there was no way that those two could beat him yet. Together or apart.
He really wished Vegeta were here. But he wasn't. And Gohan had to deal with that fact. One more sigh allowed him to come up with another idea. Who was the strongest person on Earth other than himself and Vegeta? No, it wasn't Chichi with a frying pan. It was Piccolo.
Gohan took off from where he stood, on his way to the lookout. He took his sweet time. He was absolutely sure that Piccolo would agree to spar with him. Maybe he couldn't go full power, but he could be close. And it was the best option he had.
Meanwhile, Videl was being torturously dragged around every mall in the city by Erasa and Lime, mostly Erasa though. She didn't like it one bit! They were dressing her up like a porcelain doll. Lime even made her try on a very frilly, light pink dress. The sort that little girls would wear to look like princesses.
She was getting more frustrated with her friends by the second. She held it in until she broke. "Why the hell are you making me try on all these damn dresses?" She bellowed at her poor friends.
They both laughed innocently. "You have no idea do you?" Erasa managed to say between giggles.
"You idiot! Its the 'Girl's Choice Dance' next Friday! We want you to look good for Gohan!" Lime said happily to her friend.
"What?" Videl blurted out in confusion. Dance? Girl's choice? Next Friday? Why hadn't she heard of this before?
Erasa kept on laughing loudly. "You clueless little girl! Don't you listen to the school news at all? Don't you even pay the slightest mind to the gossip?" She asked Videl slightly angry. Every girl in the school was dying for this thing, and Videl didn't even know.
"Not really." was her simple answer.
"Well now you know! So lets get you a dress!" Lime insisted, still smiling widely. "And heels of course." She smirked at that.
"Heels?" Videl asked shyly. Her eyes widened at the sound of the word. She had only worn them once in her life. They were small, two inch heels, and she had been forced to wear them to her Middle School Graduation. Her feet had been aching for two days after then.
"Yes heels!" Erasa said, dragging Videl with her to the next store.
It took all of Videl's will power to stop herself from crying. When faced with a gun, she was quick to think and active on her feet. When faced with dresses, up tempo music and high heels, she was no better then a toddled. And she meant a normal one, not an alien one like Trunks or Goten.
Gohan was still flying to the lookout. He was taking his time, he was really in no rush. But he was eager to start that fight with Piccolo. He stopped in mid air when he felt his cellphone vibrate in his pocket. He expected it to be either Videl, begging him to rescue her, or his mother, ordering him to come home.
He looked to see Sharpener's name flash on the screen. Gohan was confused, but he answered nonetheless. "Hello?" He said.
"Hey Gohan." Said his voice threw the phone.
"Whats up man?" Gohan was now curious as to why his friend had called him.
"I just wanted to ask you about the dance." Sharpener said.
"What dance?" And now Gohan was once again confused.
"You know, the Girl's Choice Dance. The one happening next Friday. I wanted to know if your going with Videl?" Now Sharpener was confused. Gohan sounded as if he had no idea what it was. Sure, growing up in the mountains meant that he didn't go to dances or parties often. But then thats all the more reason why he should be excited about this one.
"Seriously? I had no idea..." Gohan said. "Well since its Girl's Choice I'll just have to wait until Videl asks me. If she doesn't, I guess I'll have to sit it out." Gohan said plainly.
"What the hell man!" Sharpener shouted into his phone. Gohan had to pull it away from his head for a bit to avoid killing his ear. "There are like fifty girls willing to go with you, and I can guarantee that a lot of them will ask you to go with them. So you're not gonna sit it out."
There was a short silence but then Gohan responded "Well, I don't mind dancing. I'm no good at it but I'd do it. But I'm not interested if its not with Videl. But who knows, maybe she doesn't want to go"
Sharpener began laughing hard on the other end. "Your right, Videl hates it. But if Erasa had anything to do with it, she'll go. I bet their looking for dresses at the mall as we speak." He said.
Gohan laughed too. He was probably right. Sometimes, Erasa reminded Gohan an awful lot of Bulma. And that was a little scary. At least she didn't get as mad as Bulma did. "I bet they are. About clothes, what are we supposed to wear?"
"Dude... Talking about clothes? Seriously, you should call Erasa!" Sharpener joked.
Gohan laughed a bit but then spoke again. "Your right, I should call her. But I'm already talking to you, and I've never been to this sort of party before, so I was just wondering."
"Oh right! Sorry man, I forgot. Since you have no idea, I'll give you a hand." Sharpener said and Gohan smiled. "You have to go dressed as a clown." there was silence from Gohan's air. A bird flew by him, Gohan just watched as the large bird, larger than him, came and went in front of him. He was just waiting for Sharpener to talk again. "You know, orange wig, huge shoes, red noes. I'm not kidding."
There was another short pause and both teens burst out laughing. "Dude, that was so random!" Gohan shouted taking a tear out from under his eye. He had laughed really hard to make him shed a tear.
"Right, not for real." Sharpener said, recovering from his outburst. "Just some dark jeans and a button-down shirt will do I guess. Nothing too fancy."
Now this was something he could believe. "Alright, thanks man." Gohan responded.
"No problem. I'll see you tomorrow." Sharpener said.
"Yeah, I'll see you." Gohan replied and they both hung up.
Videl, Erasa and Lime went to the seventeenth store of the day. The only thing that they had boughten already was Videl's and Lime's shoes as well and Erasa's handbag. Videl's shoes were black, four inch heels that had a few crystals along the sides. Lime had gotten five inch ruby red sandal heels and Erasa's bag was a small silver rectangle with a strap to swing around her shoulder.
In the store, they started rummaging through the racks of dresses. This store was the score for Lime. She found a dark purple dress that went down until her knees. It was open-backed and was V-neck. It clung to her figure to show just the right curves and hide the ones that Lime didn't like.
In that same store, Erasa found silver, five inch heels that matched perfectly her new purse. In the next store, Lime was able to find a purse as well. It was a beautiful wine color and was rectangular. It had no strap but a very cute silver symbol on the front. The girls had no idea what the symbol meant, but it looked great.
Three stores after, Videl found a black bag that was a little larger than most. The strap was thick and the whole thing was decorated with metal buttons and zippers. Videl had given up resisting her friends, and decided that she would try her best to have fun. She didn't want to go to the dance, but she was going to have to because of Erasa. And if she had to ask someone, it would be Gohan without a doubt. She was now shopping to look good for him.
Erasa had found her dress not too long after. It was a simple design with a deep red color. Videl noticed that it resembled the dress that Bulma sometimes wore. She concluded that this dress suited the both of them very well.
The last thing on the list was Videl's dress. After another five stores, she found it. She didn't even have to look for it. It stood out on the rack and she grabbed it. It was a tight, strapless blue dress. Very simple, but the way the color contrasted her skin, and matched her eyes showed that no dress was bought it without a second thought, and then the girls went to drink some coffee and chatter.
Gohan had resumed his slow flying after his talk with Sharpener. He decided it was about time to speed up, and just as he was about to make the boost, a ship appeared right in front of him form nowhere. Inside the ship, he could hear two voices arguing about something.