Part Three

Over Two Years Later...

Usually, Valentine's Day was a day filled with hearts and candy. But in the Hercule City Bank, it was a day filled with danger, as three armed bandits tried to steal two million dollars in cash.

The sound of a gunshot, followed by a short scream, broke the tense silence in the room.

"Anyone else tries to escape, they get shot, too!" a gun-wielding bandit shouted at the cowering crowd of hostages. "I got plenty of bullets here, and next time, I'll shoot to kill!"

The first bandit was watching the front doors, while the second bandit stuffed the money into an old pillowcase. The third bandit was the one who had just shot a hostage in the leg, after she tried to escape.

"Anything from the cops?" Bandit #3 asked.

"Nope," Bandit #1 said. "Dey're still keeping their distance, on accounta the hostages."

"Heh, we just might get away with this! There's no—"

Suddenly, a teenage crime-fighter appeared and threw open the doors that Bandit #1 was guarding. "Not so fast!" she said heroically.

A gasp went up from the crowd of hostages.

"She's here!"

"It's her!"

"Who is she?"

"You don't know? That's Erasa, the Gold Fighter!"

"That's right!" Erasa said, flipping her hair over her shoulder. "The police asked me to take care of you criminals."

"Heh," Bandit #1 said. "I know about you. You're de little goil who thinks she's a superhero."

"Go away, kiddie," Bandit #3 said. "I don't wanna shoot you, if I don't have to."

"I take it you're not going to come quietly," Erasa said. "Fine."

She took a step forward.

"Hey, stay back!" Bandit #3 shouted, turning his gun on Erasa.

Erasa took another step forward.

"One more move, and I'll shoot!" the bandit threatened.

Erasa took a third step, and Bandit #3 fired his gun at Erasa's leg. The bullet harmlessly bounced off of her half-Saiyan skin.

"What the—? How did she—?" Bandit #3 asked, as Erasa kept walking forward slowly. He started firing more rapidly, shooting Erasa six times in the head. She didn't even flinch.

"I'll give you one chance to turn yourselves in," Erasa said. "Consider it a Valentine's Day present. Will you cooperate, or no?"

"Kill the goil!" Bandit #1 shouted, pulling out a large knife and running at Erasa.

Erasa sighed, then began her attack. Within ten seconds, all three bandits were unconscious. Within ten minutes, they were in handcuffs and on their way to jail.


Erasa and Videl were both in their seats, chatting before class. Even after all this time, the two of them were still best friends.

"And he went out like a light!" Erasa said excitedly. "That makes ten criminals so far this year!"

"Sounds like your new job with the police is doing great," Videl said.

"Yep, I'm so glad I thought of helping the police fight crime!" Erasa said.

"You thought of it?" Videl asked, a little annoyed. "You stole that idea—and the job—from me."

"Jeez, that was over a year ago," Erasa said. "Get over it."

Videl scoffed. "At least I have a driver's license," she said.

"It was an accident I flunked the driving test!" Erasa said. "I was nervous!"

Videl smiled. "You can save the world, but you can't drive a car. What kind of superhero are you?"

"I don't need a car," Erasa said. "I can fly anywhere I want to."

"Yeah, I know," Videl said. Videl was kind of jealous that Erasa could fly freely in public. Videl couldn't fly in the crowded city without being seen by someone.

"Hey, Videl!" a voice on Videl's right said. She turned to see that it was Sharpener.

"Hey, Sharpener!" Videl said. "What's up?"

Sharpener had grown out of his immature obsession with girls, once he actually found a girlfriend. Her name was Angela, and she had red hair that was larger than Majin Buu's stomach. Sharpener and Angela were a very lovey-dovey couple, and Videl usually wanted to barf when she heard them talking to each other. But when Sharpener was by himself, like he was now, he was perfectly normal. Or at least, as normal as Sharpener ever was.

"I've got bad news for you," Sharpener said. "You're not going to win the World Martial Arts Tournament this year."

"Oh, really?" Videl said. "What makes you so sure? I was the Junior Division Champion last time."

"I'm going to be the champion this year," Sharpener said. "I just decided to enter."

"Oh, please," Videl said. "I could beat you in two seconds."

"No way!" Sharpener said. "I'm totally going to win. My cousin taught me some great fighting moves."

"Ha," Videl said. "Who cares about your cousin? I was trained by Go—"

There was a brief pause, as Videl stopped speaking and Sharpener looked confused.

"Go?" he asked.

"I mean, Dad," Videl said quickly. "I was trained by my dad."

"What?" Sharpener asked. "That's not fair! Your dad is the champion! He can't be training you!"

"I'm going to be in the World Martial Arts Tournament this year, too," Erasa said. "I'm pretty sure I will be the winner."

"That's even less fair!" Sharpener said. "You have superpowers!"

"That's just the way things work!" Erasa said.

"Jeez, maybe I shouldn't enter," Sharpener said. "I mean, if—"

"SHARRRRRPIE!" a voice shouted. "Where are you?"

"Whoops, gotta go!" Sharpener said. He ran down the stairs to Angela, so he could give her a Valentine's Day kiss.

"I wuv you," Sharpener said to Angela.

"I wuv you, too," Angela said to Sharpener.

The two of them kissed, and then rubbed noses together.

"Geez, they've been going out for three months, and they still use baby talk with each other," Erasa said. "Pretty weird, right, Videl?"

Videl wasn't paying attention. She was thinking about the boy whose name she had almost said.

"Gohan..." Videl said quietly. The first and only boy she had ever kissed. Now that she thought about it, she hadn't seen him in over two years.

"Now that's someone I haven't thought of in months," Erasa said. "Do you think he'll be at the tournament, too?"

Videl didn't respond.

"I mean, didn't we first meet him at the last tournament?" Erasa asked.

Videl sighed.

"Hello, Earth to Videl!" Erasa said.

"Huh?" Videl asked. "What?"

"You spaced out there for a moment," Erasa said. "Thinking about Gohan?"

"Yeah..." Videl said. "I...ah, it's nothing. We'll probably never see him again."

Erasa grinned. "Maybe you could call him and wish him a Happy Valentine's Day," she suggested.

"His mom blocked my number a long time ago," Videl said. "Besides, he's probably forgotten all about me."

"It can't hurt to try," Erasa said. "You could use my cell phone to call him."

"I already tried that, remember?" Videl said. "His mom blocked your number, too."

"Wow, that's dedication," Erasa said. "Why don't you steal Sharpener's phone, then?"

"A, that's stealing, and B, I'm not an obsessed stalker," Videl said. "Besides, I don't remember Gohan's phone number at this point."

"I can have my contacts at the police station look it up for you," Erasa said.

"No thanks," Videl said. "Besides, why do you care so much?"

"Hey, I'm just looking out for my best friend," Erasa said. "You don't want to spend another Valentine's Day all alone, do you?"

"I'm perfectly fine with being single," Videl said. "Besides, I don't think any of the guys here could pass the Dad Test."

"Yeah...your dad is kind of crazy," Erasa agreed. "Oh, well, that's your problem. I, on the other hand, have a great date tonight!"

"Only one?" Videl asked.

"Well, four," Erasa said. "But two of them are in a different state."

"Ugh, you're such a playgirl," Videl said. "Are you ever going to have a boyfriend for more than three days?"

"Now, that's not fair!" Erasa said. "Last month, I went out with a guy for a whole week without dumping him!"

"The point is, you're not in a position to criticize my love life or lack thereof," Videl said.

"Well, fine, but if you ever need romantic advice, just let me know," Erasa said. "Ooo, I could set you up with one of my exes!"

"Um, no, that'd be creepy," Videl said.


"Happy Valentine's Day!" Chi-Chi said, placing two paper bags on the table in front of her. "I got you both candy, because you're the two boys I love the most!"

"Candy!" Goten shouted.

"Aw, gee, Mom, you're the best," Gohan said, pulling out a box of candy.

"I know that, dear," Chi-Chi said. "But it's true. You two really are the most important people in my life."

"I want more candy!" the three-year-old Goten shouted, bouncing up and down.

"Is he finished already?" Gohan asked. "I haven't even started—hey!"

Gohan had to fight off Goten, who was attempting to eat his Valentine's Day candy. Eventually, Gohan put the candy away, on top of a high shelf.

"Gosh, Goten can be a handful," Gohan said.

"He sure can," Chi-Chi said. "It'd be nice if someone volunteered to watch him for me today, so I could watch my movies."

"Yeah, that would be nice," Gohan agreed.

Chi-Chi glared at her son. "Well?" she asked.

"What is it?" Gohan asked.

"Where's my Valentine's Day gift?" Chi-Chi asked.

Uh oh, Gohan thought.

"Um, I didn't make one..." Gohan said.

As Chi-Chi's face turned red, Gohan quickly added, "I mean, I'll watch Goten for you the whole day!"

"Aw, thank you!" Chi-Chi said, instantly turning nice. "Trunks is coming over tonight so his parents can have a nice romantic dinner alone. You can watch both of them!"

"Hey, no fair!" Gohan said. "You know I'd never agree to watch both of them at once! You did that on purpose!"

"Maybe I did, and maybe I didn't!" Chi-Chi said. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some movies to watch."

"Fine," Gohan sighed. "Come on, Goten, let's go—hey! Stop trying to climb those shelves! That's not your candy!"

"But I'm hungry!" Goten cried.

Gohan grabbed his little brother and started to head outside, while Chi-Chi turned on the TV. A news program was on.

"—scientists working on the International Space Station," the announcer was saying. Gohan's ears perked up instantly, as they always did whenever there was anything on TV relating to science, martial arts or My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.

"The unexpected technical difficulties caused a complete power failure, and the space station went plummeting to Earth. Fortunately, teenage superhero Erasa San was able to fly up into the atmosphere and prevent a crash landing."

"Erasa, Erasa, Erasa," Chi-Chi complained. "Every time I turn on the TV, there's something about her or Hercule on! I swear, those phony fighters make me sick!"

"She's not—" Gohan began to say.

"Erasa is expected to win the $10,000 grand prize in the under 18 division of the World Martial Arts Tournament next month," the announcer said.

"Ten thousand dollars?" Chi-Chi asked. "I don't remember prizes like that when I was in the tournament!"

"Hey, do you think I could enter the tournament?" Gohan asked.

"Absolutely not," Chi-Chi said.

"But I could easily win the prize money," Gohan said. "That would help pay for my education."

"You're not fooling me," Chi-Chi said. "You just want to see that girl again."

"What's wrong with wanting to see my friends again?" Gohan asked. "I haven't seen them in years!"

"They're a bad influence," Chi-Chi said. "That Erasa Superhero seems full of herself, and Hercule's daughter was obnoxious. You need to meet nice, sensitive girls."

"I'm not going to meet any girls if I don't leave the house every once in a while," Gohan said. "Come on, Bulma can supervise me to make sure I don't get in trouble! I'm sure she'd be willing to help!"

"If anyone's going to supervise you, it'll be me!" Chi-Chi said. "Now be quiet. There's no reason for you to go to the World Martial Arts Tournament this year."

"Besides for the fact that I'm really good at martial arts..." Gohan muttered.

"What did you say?" Chi-Chi asked.

"Nothing!" Gohan said. "I haven't done any training in the past four years since Cell died, so there's no reason for me to enter the tournament! You're 100% correct!"

"Of course I am," Chi-Chi said.


Dende looked left and right. The hallways of Black Star High were filled with people, many of whom were single girls who didn't have Valentine's Day dates yet.

Hopefully, that will change soon, Dende thought. He ducked into the boy's restroom and split himself up into four Dendes. All four of them put their hands together.

"Here's to finding a girlfriend!" the first Dende said.

"Yeah!" the Dendes shouted. They threw their hands up, then left the bathroom. Each Dende took a different direction: north, south, east, and west. The Dendes asked out every girl they met. The conversations went something like this:

"Be my Valentine?" Dende asked.

"Ew, no!" the girl responded.

"Do you have a date tonight?" Dende asked.

"Aaaaa! A green monster!" the girl screamed.

"Please go out with me!" Dende begged.

"I already have a boyfriend!" the girl said. "And besides, you're green!"

"I need a date for Valentine's Day!" Dende said.

"Well, you're not getting any dates from me, weirdo!" the girl shouted.

Ten minutes later, the different Dendes came together again and reported their complete and utter lack of success.

"It's not easy being green," Dende moaned.

That was when one of the Dendes noticed Eraser. She was Dende's crush at Black Star High. He didn't really like her; she was just a substitute crush for Gohan's friend Erasa. Dende was convinced that he and Erasa were soulmates, destined to marry each other. Erasa, on the other hand, was distracted by the fact that Dende is a green alien.

Ah, but enough about Erasa. We're talking about Eraser now. Three Dendes quickly combined, and Dende walked over to her.

"Hi, Eraser," Dende said.

"Oh, hi, Dende!" Eraser said. "Have you seen Videll or Sharpena around?"

"No," Dende said. "But there's something I wanted to ask you. Seeing as it's Valentine's Day and all..."

"Yes?" Eraser asked.

"Will you be my valentine?" Dende asked.

"Oh, Dende!" Eraser said. "That's cute, but...I already have a valentine."

"You do?" Dende asked, his antenna drooping. "Who?"

"Oh, you know...um...Chad," Eraser said, unconvincingly.

"Eraser!" a voice from behind them called. She turned to see who it was.

"Sharpena!" Eraser said. Indeed, it was the captain of Black Star High's baseball team, Sharpena, the jock with long blonde hair and red eyes.

"Will you be my valentine?" Sharpena asked.

"Yes, YES!" Eraser said, jumping into Sharpena's arms and kissing him. "I've had such a huge crush on you for so long!"

Poor Dende walked away, not saying anything. Every girl in school, including his crush, had rejected him. This was the worst Valentine's Day ever.


"Great, I'm stuck watching these two maniacs for another four hours," Gohan complained. "This is the worst Valentine's Day ever."

*Ding dong*

"Gohan, get the door!" Chi-Chi ordered.

"Yes, Mom," Gohan said.

Gohan tried to pick up the two squirming children, while he answered the front door. A surprise visitor was waiting for him.

"Dende? What are you doing here?" Gohan asked.

"I need you to train me, for the World Martial Arts Tournament," Dende said. "I want to fight against Erasa this year."

"Whaaaaaat?" Gohan asked.


Author's Note: As some of you may have noticed, my original plan was to make this a Gohan/Erasa story. That's why Erasa plays such a prominent role.

Would anybody have any interest at all in seeing the original ending I wrote to Part Two, where Gohan and Erasa become a couple? You can consider it a fun, alternate ending. Or a completely horrifying alternate ending. Your choice!