Hiya everybody! Sorry for the wait but these last few weeks have been really busy. Between job hunting, signing up for my classes, finding money to pay for said classes, and cursing the infernal cold that has settled over texas, i've had no time to type.^_^ you think i'm being over dramatic? Nah!
In texas we are used to 110 weather and quite comfortable in it too! well, i am XD but put any native texan in 17 degree weather and immediatly brain functions start to die and people just lose it! they can't drive, or shop, or walk outside. It creates a kind of mass cabin fever syndrome resulting in all kind of stupidity and busted pipes! My water heater exploded too! ^_^
Unfortunatly this is what you would call a filler chapter, they are painless and nessasary. Stay tuned for the next few chapters tho! They are full of plot devices and twists sure to make even the most devoted fans happy ^_^
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Disclaimer- I'd gladly trade the rights I have over DBZ for warm weather! I hates the Cold!! But i don't have rights so i'm just gonna freeze till spring T_T
Without further adieu~ CHAPTER 26!!!
Gohan opened his eyes and began staring intensely at the bubbling water, leaning his head forward and trying to recall an attack he had heard about long ago.
"Hey, Gohan! Dude? Please talk to us, don't be angry… We were only playing around!" Rom pleaded.
They became more worried when Gohan didn't respond.
"Gohan?" Chico asked gently, placing her hand on his shoulder and giving him a shake.
Gohan snapped his head up and saw their worried faces, "Wha? Oh! Sorry guys. I was just thinking." He said apologetically.
" 'Bout what? I was afraid you were going to make the water boil by staring at it or something." Pigero joked. Gohan smiled "I think… I might have an idea for my next attack…" Gohan said slowly, grabbing his chin in thought.
"Really?!" Chico said happily. "You mean for your bet with that Vegeta guy? What kind of attack is it?" Lime asked eagerly leaning in.
"I think, it might work… I need to learn the original attack then talk to Piccolo about mental…no…telekinetic attachment techniques, then I think it might work…" He mumbled to himself, still holding his chin.
The four others looked at Gohan then at each other, "That just confuses me more! And who's Piccolo?" Rom asked.
Gohan sat up strait, "Wha? Oh… uhh.. Well, Piccolo is my sensei, and I need to gather up some information and learn a few new things before it might work. It's just a basic idea right now…" Gohan said bashfully, still not used to having to explain his thoughts to his friends.
Why does his name sound familiar….piccolo…. Pigero thought confusedly.
"So your teacher is some guy named piccolo?" Lime asked curiously.
"Yeah, He's the first one to teach me martial arts as a child. I was actually running away from him when I meet you guys." Gohan said gesturing to Pigero, Rom, and Chico.
Lime paled, "Wait, wait, wait! Stop rewind. You first met them when you were 5 right?" The others all nodded save for Pigero who had just recognized Piccolo's name.
"He was training you to fight when you were 5 years old? I thought you met them when you were shipwrecked!" She asked in a hiss so she wouldn't attract too much attention. The Chico and Rom nodded, "We did! He was passed out on the beach all roughed up. I remember Rom checked his pulse from his foot and pronounced him dead." Chico said with a giggle.
"Hey! He looked dead! I mean he was out for like hours after we took him to the house!" Rom defended.
"You never mentioned that you were training back then, only that you were looking for your way back home to your mom." Chico said squinting her eyes as she tried to remember, ignoreing Rom who was busy pretending to be insulted Crossing his arms across his chest in a mock imitation of Vegeta.
"Well, at the time, I really didn't want to train. He had kinda kidnapped me, so I ran away while I thought he wasn't looking. I wasn't lying when I said I was looking for my mom." Gohan said bashfully, "Anyway, I'm gonna go ask Bulma a few things. She might know something I can use for the attack." he said standing up and grabbing a nearby towel.
As he stepped out of the hot tub, Pigero cleared his throat, "Your gonna have to answer a few more questions tonight." He said seriously. Gohan looked at his unusually serious face and nodded cheerfully.
He must have recognized Piccolo's name… Gohan thought without any concern.
"See ya later guys!" Gohan said as he walked off rubbing his thick black hair with the towel to dry it.
"What's up, Pigero?" Rom asked.
Pigero was hardy ever serious about anything, the fact that the name Piccolo shook his composure worried them. "He said that he was kidnapped and trained by a person named Piccolo. Do you guys remember someone by that name in the history books?" He asked.
The three looked at each other then back at Pigero. Rom and Chico simultaneously cocked their heads to the side in thought. Lime glanced upward then looked at Pigero sharply," You don't mean… I think he would have … Well it doesn't matter, cause he's gonna tell us about it later." Lime said as she remember the tape of the broadcast that her grandpa had shown her of the Great Demon King Piccolo, when he was holding King Furry hostage and usurping his throne.
Rom having ignored most of their history lessons didn't remember and shrugged before sinking into the hot tub.
Chico was just as air headed as Rom so she remained calm too. "Don't worry so much Pigero! You know Gohan's a nice guy! He'll explain everything later…" Chico said as she sank further into the relaxing warm water.
Pigero decided to follow his friends examples and relaxed his muscles. If Gohan was trained by the demon king piccolo, can we trust him… He thought worriedly. The rest of the class continued to walk around and gossip about Videl and Gohan.
~Meanwhile!~
Gohan walked through the halls of Capsule Corp. tracing Bulma's ki to her lab. Draping the towel over his damp hair, he stuck his head into her lab, "Hey, Bulma?" he asked before dodging a laser.
The damp towel was scorched by the laser and he yelped loudly throwing it to the floor. Why are the defenses on if she's in there… He thought worriedly.
"Hey, Bulma are you in there?" Gohan asked getting worried.
He pushed his key code in to the wall panel, disabling the lasers and entered the quiet lab cautiously. He walked quietly, ready to defend himself. He spotted something moving towards the back of the room and walked closer. Bulma was sitting in a white folding chair next to the circular platform. The platform had been flattened out leaving a smooth white tiled circle. The central pillar and the helmet that was on top of it were gone. Bulma was sitting calmly with her back was facing Gohan. She was wearing a black metal band around her head, like a circlet, that had a silver circular button on the right side and her hand was raised up to it gently rotating and moving it. She was surrounded by mechanical debris and tiny tools and was turning her head back and forth as if she were looking around for something. Gohan paced around her to see that her eyes were firmly closed and her eyebrows were drawn together in concentration.
"Bulma?" Gohan asked timidly inching closer. Bulma suddenly turned her head to face Gohan with her eyes still firmly closed. Gohan froze in place, his senses on high alert. Bulma's eyebrows rose higher then she opened one eye to look at Gohan, "Wow… Your bright…" She murmured.
"Huh?" Gohan intelligently replied.
Bulma shook her head and smiled, "Hey, since you're here, could you help me out? Raise your ki a little then lower it slowly." She said closing her eyes and adopting a look of concentration again.
Oh kay… she must be testing that thing… Gohan thought. He raised his power slightly watching Bulma's facial expressions in fascination as her closed eyes squeezed tighter as if she were seeing a bright light through her lids, then lowering it back down until it was just a little stronger than Bulma's. Her face relaxed and she opened her eyes again smiling.
"Thanks kiddo. Now I can recalibrate it a little and it will be ready tomorrow." She said gently removing the small circlet form her head.
"Bulma what is that? What happened to the helmet that was there before?" Gohan asked truly confused.
Bulma smirked, "It's a ki detector. I got the idea from the saiyan's old scouters, but instead of numbers , the ki powers are seen as light. The stronger the person the bigger and brighter the light." She said proudly.
"That old helmet always messed up my hair so I remade it into that little stylish headband! The platform I'm trying to modify for the Mirai timeline so we can send food and supplies to them if they find survivors. I'm sure Mirai is probably getting hungry if there are no food supplies and Chichi is the only cook." She added while writing down some notes and cleaning up her mess. "So what were you wanting?" Bulma asked as she bustled around.
"What? Oh yeah! I might have come up with a new idea for my next attack. And I wanted your advise." He said. Bulma nodded, "My advice? Is it something mechanical?" She asked wondering how she could help.
"No. Nothing like that. You were at the 21st tournament when my dad fought Jackie Chun in the finals right? Gohan asked.
"Yeah, I was there, that fight lasted forever, but in the end Goku lost to the old coot." She said, standing strait and stretching a little.
"In that match, did Jackie Chun use an electric attack?" Gohan asked hopefully. "I remember hearing about it from Krillen and Yamcha." He added while Bulma thought about it.
Bulma nodded, "He sure did! I think he called it 'Lightning surprise!" I remember him screaming something about 20,000 volts of electricity. But it was so long ago… why do you ask, did you get a new idea from that?" She asked curiously.
Gohan nodded, "If I can talk to piccolo and find out how to do that lightning attack, it might work." He said mysteriously.
"Hey! You won't tell me?! C'mon kiddo! I won't tell!" She pleaded trying to get him to give information.
Gohan smiled and backed away, "Nope! Part of the fun will be you and Vegeta's reaction to it." He said running out the door.
"Gohan! Come back! That's all your telling me?! "Bulma yelled at the abandoned doorframe.
Gohan stuck his head back in the doorway, "Yep! And good luck with the teleportation pad!" he said abruptly leaving again.
"Ooh! That boy!" Bulma whined disappointed, "I understand that Vegeta would be fun to watch if he got hit by a new attack ,after his last one, but why would my reaction to an attack on Vegeta be part of the fun…" She wondered aloud as she went back to her teleportation pad in the making and set to work.
~Meanwhile~
Videl stormed down the halls following the green colored line on the floor to the main garden. She walked up pressed 1111 on the keypad and waited until the garage style door was fully open before entering. No other students were in the amazing garden.
Finally some privacy.. She thought relieved.
Just as she released a sigh in gratitude, Dr. Briefs rode up on his bicycle, "Hello my dear! Would you like a bike? Or are you here to feed the children?" He asked with his friendly British accent.
"Oh! Ummm, Hello Dr. Briefs. I came to visit with Icarus. If that's all right. There are children in here?" She asked confused, trying to make a convincing story and be polite to the friendly old man.
Dr. Briefs nodded sagely, "My wife and I refer to the animals as our children. We try to spend as much time with them as possiblebut they do love the attention. Icarus is snoozing in the bushes over there. Feel free to grab a bike if you want. Good bye, my dear." He said happily,pointing to the different areas of the huge interior garden before pedaling off again.
That man is the genius who created the dynocaps? No matter what he says, It doesn't seem possible… She mused, wandering off to the far corner Dr. Briefs had indicated.
The large purple dragon was spread out amongst the berry bushes, a snot bubble growing and shrinking with his steady breath. Videl smiled at the giant reptile, moving around to the far side of his large sleeping form so that she would be hidden from sight if someone came looking for her. She sat down on the green grass and put her hand on Icarus side and absentmindedly started to stroke his side as her mind drifted off into thought. I can't believe Erasa would do that in fron t of Bulma! And after she was teasing me about fighting gohan... but, Gohan defeated me effortlessly… he is the son of the former world champ… if his dad and his friends trained him, I could probably figure out their names, maybe even their addresses… the future…
She glanced over to the unblemished side of Icarus and remembering the scarred future counterpart her thoughts went a new direction. Why didn't my dad defeat the androids in Trunks's time… He defeated cell here so the androids would have been almost effortless for him… but I know he can't be as strong as Gohan, or Vegeta, and I know he couldn't' have beaten what ever left those craters in the future timeline. Even little Trunks could beat me… and why didn't Gohan or Vegeta participate in the last WMAT? After fighting Gohan, I know they could pummel my dad… It just doesn't make any sense! She thought in frustration, pulling some of the grass off the ground and crumpilingit up in her hand.
Whoo!! finished! that was shorter thn i woudl have liked but it gonna have to do cause my brain is both frozen and fried! ouch! jk ^_^
There is a awesome new action scene coming up so stick around!
please review ^_~ and excuse me if the next couple of chapters are a bit late, until the new semester starts i'm pretty much hopeless ^_^ I'll continue writing on paper though so i won't actually fall behind XD
*DBZ announcer guy voice imitation!*
Videl is almost to the truth behind gohan! Erasa, Bulma and Chichi are gonna have a ball with the newest developments ^_^ and Gohan is preparing a new attack! Could the evil authoress be planning something awesome? Find out next tiem on POOR SAP GOHAN!