How lucky you guys are! I've got a new laptop to type on now, so guess what... another chapter of What I've Become!
Monday came and Videl was as unmotivated as ever. That is until she remembered Gohan would be there and she dashed out of her room and soared through the crispy morning air and landed behind a corner of the school. She manoeuvred through the halls, searching for a particular head of spiky jet black hair amongst the rainbow of heads in the school. Eventually, she found him. But who she saw him with, she didn't expect. A girl, no taller than 5', with long jade locks falling down to her back. She had one hand on Gohan's arm, travelling up to his biceps and the other brushing her loose silky green hairs out of her face.
"Well, nice to meet you, Zara." The half breed said, smiling nervously at her.
"Same to you, Gohan." The girl said, sweetly, making Gohan even more uncomfortable.
Videl didn't notice how uncomfortable he was, or his nervousness. All she saw was the affection the random stranger was giving her friend, and she knew for a fact she didn't like it. Videl was never the jealous type, but being with Gohan all the time certainly brought out a new side of her. Zara lingered around for a while until the lighter blue-eyed fighter decided to make presence known. Videl cleared her throat obnoxiously loud before walking over to Gohan's free side, which caused him to roll his eyes.
"Hi, Gohan. Who's she?"
The two girls studied each other for a minute. For Gohan it was a very dreadful, never-ending minute where he wanted to face palm from the amount of jealousy that was radiating off of Videl. And she was the person who publicly shamed her friend for the same reason.
"No one important." Zara muttered before sauntering off towards the nearest water fountain she could find.
"I cannot believe I just did that," the two girls thought in unison.
"Next time why don't you just break her arm? A lot less subtle than that." Gohan chuckled. "What's up with you?"
"She was all over you, it was disgusting!" Videl spat. "I hate people like her."
"Someone's jealous!"
"No! Sh-shut up! I don't like you!" The human fighter's face had been stained with a violent red blush that was not letting up anytime soon.
"I never said you did!" Gohan teased cheekily. After a few moments he chose to quit poking fun at her and agreed with her much to her surprise. "I'm not going to lie, something about her is kinda off. I get this weird feeling whenever I'm around her."
"Hmmm...weird feeling? Gohan, are you sure you don't like her? I wouldn't be surprised if she's the girl you 'totally don't have a crush on'." Videl chuckled, turning tables on him now though her embarrassment still evident from her extra rosy cheeks.
"No, seriously. It's her ki." Gohan voiced, curiously. "It's like... she's the only person I can't read."
"Another reason why we shouldn't trust her!" Videl exclaimed, grabbing his hand tightly and dragged him to their next classroom.
The next two hours weren't any easier for Videl. Somehow Zara would 'accidentally' bump into Gohan and try to start a conversation with him; not on a certain black haired girl's watch. Her tactics for keeping the two apart became sloppier over time, and soon Videl actually attempted to tackle her! Catching her by surprise, Zara quickly side stepped out of the way, knocking herself into Gohan and holding him, in some weird, aggressive type of hug. Zara smirked.
"Is this how she marks her territory?" A smug looking green haired alien giggled at the two.
Videl spun around, absolutely livid. Not even Gohan had seen her, this angry.
"STAY. AWAY. FROM. HIM! Got it?! I don't know who you are, or where you came from! But trust me, you're not wanted here! Basically, just go the hell away and don't come back! You just had to pop up and ruin everything!" Videl snapped at the shorter female. Zara wasn't fased though, in fact she scoffed at how immature Videl was becoming. Though if she was jealous, it would mean they were buying her act. "Gohan doesn't even like you!" Tears began forming in Videl's eyes. She would later scold herself for how idiotic and childish she was acting however right now she was too blinded by her rage to realise.
"Videl..." Gohan whispered so quietly that she almost didn't hear it.
"You done with your little tantrum?" Zara jeered. That was all Videl had needed to properly push her over the edge.
"I HATE YOU!" The enraged teenager screeched as she attempted to attack the other with a powerful right hook. It would/should have knocked her back a few feet...that was if Gohan hadn't got in the way and taken for Zara. He stood there for a few seconds, attempting to fathom what had just happened. Everybody who was in the hall with the two was taken aback by Videl's outrage. Even the otherworldly female's eyes opened a bit wider at how much stronger her punch had been, compared to what she had expected.
"Videl, what is wrong with you?!" The words seemed to burst out of the nowhere as the half breed's calm and slightly amused demeanour completely transformed into one which was exasperated and disapproving. "You've been acting like this all day and I don't like it!"
Videl fled from the scene before anyone could notice that she was crying. She would DIE before ever cry in front of her school mates. Gohan was about to go after her, until Zara put a hand in front of him and promised to fix this herself. She shot him a fake look of guilt before spinning around and smirking, proud of her actions. Unfortunately for Zara, Videl was also faster than she believed she would be. When no one else was around and could see her, she revealed her scouter and searched for the Saiyan's friend.
"190? That's impressive. For a human." Zara muttered snarkily.
The alien was informed by her scouter that the human had been flying towards a mountain area. She followed her on foot, not deciding to risk alerting the Saiyans of her true identity. Though the human form she was in travelled painfully slow, it was better than Gohan flying half way and stopping her. It would have meant all the hideous flirting and fake sweetness she had to bombard the ebony eyed teen with would have been for nothing.
After what seemed to be an eternity to Zara, she came across Videl at the top of a mountain, hugging her knees and attempting to hide her tear-stained face. Videl's neck turned towards her 'tormentor' who just laughed at the fighter's vulnerable state.
"Go away, Gohan..." Videl mumbled, not even having the energy to yell at her anymore. "What are you doing here?"
"You shouldn't have done that." Zara stated matter-of-factly. And then her true intentions came out. "You're a bit too overprotective for my liking. Maybe you should take your own advice and go back to where you came from. Maybe then I'll spare you."
"You came all the way here to br- Spare me?!" Videl instantly jumped to feet and into a defensive stance at that comment.
"All I'm trying to do is get revenge. Bring justice. And all you've been doing is preventing that!" It was now Zara's turn to hold a grudge as she did it, just being more intimidating than Videl was.
"Excuse me?"
"Your little boy-toy is a Saiyan! A disgusting bastard who doesn't even deserve to breathe after all he's caused! And instead of causing a big scene like a someone that I know did, I tried to catch him out when we were alone. That way I can dispose of the trash without everybody knowing." Zara practically yelled. "He's responsible for taking down my leader along with his damned father AND only he knows where the prince of his filthy race is residing. I might have not even killed him if he provided me with information I wanted!"
"First of all, I don't care what you say he is! The only bastard I see here is you! And you've caused most of the trouble here! And if Gohan took your leader down then they probably deserved it! Second of all, don't you dare ever talk about his father like that! And third of all, what do you mean Prince? And race? You're not making any sense!" Videl retorted furiously. "My god! You're an alien, aren't you?!"
"Aren't you clever? Actually, I take that back. Someone as thick as you couldn't ever suspect that your boyfriend wasn't an Earthly being."
Videl's heart stopped. Gohan was special, but there was no way he was alien. That had to be a lie, she'd never believe that. She refused to. All the aliens that had ever ben found on Earth were all malicious, cruel evil monsters. She would never, ever believe that Gohan could be one of those.
In complete rage and disbelief she charged at her, punching the alien straight in the nose without hesitation. She began pummeling Zara mercilessly, refusing to let up anytime soon. The green haired poser got sick of feeling the red liquid pouring from her nose and decided she would be the one inflicting pain on Videl. She reverted back to her original form, destroying her façade and not caring if Gohan and the Saiyan's or anyone could sense her. All Zara wanted go do is break Videl.
Zara was the one to attack now, and she launched a mighty ki beam at Videl, terrifying the human fighter. Videl braced herself and took it head on, whimpering after from the heat and burns that singed her skin.
"Is.. that- all you got?" Videl instigated, choking on her words. Zara proceeded to use her as a ragdoll, but wasn't expecting for Videl to fight back. The black haired girl elbowed Zara in the throat, catching her off guard and buying a few extra seconds. She flew to the sky and did something had only seen Gohan once. Every muscle of her body begged her not to but she tried it anyway. She began summoning up her ki which made every burn sting a little more, but it worked. Her ki flared and Zara scoffed at her, angering Videl ever further.
"You think I should be scared of you because your power level is 350?!"
Zara flew to meet Videl and attacking her. Videl dodged and hit back and it seemed like every strike had a little extra power and speed to it. Zara was taking more damage than before (even if it was a little) and Videl took pride in that. Though it was clearly evident that she was loosing, Gohan couldn't help but be amazed by Videl's skills as he sensed her spike in power. Fortunately for Videl, she was doing what was the most helpful at this stage, buying time. And it was working. Gohan was less than a minute away from the 2 and the rest of the Z fighters weren't far behind. They all sensed that ranom energy again. Unfortunately for Videl, she didn't have that much ki left and she almost couldn't even stay airborne. Gohan sped up, turning Super Saiyan just to make sure he would make it in time.
As soon as he landed, he fell back to his normal form, though his rage did not subside in the slightest.
"I'll never forgive you for this!"
That's this chapter guys! (And girls!) The Zara Saga I should call it was something I was looking forward to! But then it's going to end up being 21 chapters shorter than Gohan's first week of school. Ain't life funny? I hope you enjoyed this! I certainly did! And I'll see you next Chapter of What I've Become! EmberTheUnknown out!
