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"Videl!" Chimaki yelled as he flew to where the older girl was standing, Goten and Trunks following behind her. "Hey, hey, Videl!"

Videl had watched a blonde girl fly to where Gohan had been flying and after a few exchange of words she'd flew to her direction with Goten and Trunks behind her. If she hadn't seen Goten and Trunks as blonds and she hadn't put the dots together and finally realized Gohan was the Golden Fighter, she would've thought this blonde girl was just a random girl with a remarkable resemblance to Chimaki. However, she now knew better than that, even though it still was hard for her to believe. She was stunned. 'Chimaki can go golden, too?'

Chimaki, Goten, and Trunks landed right beside her. "Hey, you okay?" Chimaki asked her.

"Uh… I guess…" she stuttered, glancing to where now Gohan was fighting Broly and wincing when she saw Broly's fist hit Gohan in the face. She turned around to look at the three golden-haired children. "I don't know what's going on. I don't know who's that you're fighting. I don't know why you're all golden. Gohan is golden! He's the Golden Fighter!" She couldn't believe the guy she'd been looking for had been so near her all along and she had been too blind to see. There had been a time that she'd suspected Gohan was related to the Golden Fighter, but he'd always brushed off her suspicions. She'd believed him, but now, she knew the truth. "But, I guess you knew that from before, didn't you?" she asked bitterly. "You're a golden fighter, too."

She couldn't believe that Gohan had lied to her. After he'd confessed about Ki and his tail, she'd thought he'd be more honest around her. She thought they'd finally gotten to a point in which he could trust her. She trusted him—why couldn't it be the other way around, too?

Chimaki sighed, glancing at Goten and Trunks who seemed too interested in the fight to actually pay attention to them before turning her gaze back to the older girl. "It's complicated, Videl. There's a reason why my brother didn't tell you this."

Her eyes narrowed. "What kind of reason?"

"I shouldn't be the one to tell you."

"Oh, yeah. Totally. Gohan should. But, there's the problem—he hasn't."

Chimaki didn't reply. Instead, she turned her gaze to the battle when she sensed Vegeta arriving and the other Z-Fighters following shortly after. Videl turned her gaze to the battle, too, and watched in awe at the battle that was occurring. She couldn't even figure out what was happening, but it was obvious that the other three did. She'd never witnessed such a battle in her life—never thought it was possible. It was kind of like watching a battle of a movie or a TV show, but in real life. She'd never think Gohan would fight in battles like this, but after everything she learned about Ki, she'd figured she shouldn't've been so surprised. She couldn't recognize the other people who were fighting, but they did seem kind of familiar to her for some reason. She'd seen them somewhere.

"My brother cares for you," the Saiyan girl said after a moment, prompting Videl to stop staring at the battle and instead look at the girl standing beside her. Chimaki's gaze didn't drift away from the battle as her eyes followed every movement—and left Videl wondering how she did it—but she still talked to Videl. "I guess he just wanted you to protect you from our world."

"Your world?" Videl prompted.

"This world," she jerked her head to the battle. "It wasn't that he didn't trust you. It's just that my big brother doesn't know how to tell this to other people. None of us do, really. Not even the adults." She gave one-shouldered shrug. "I guess Gohan was just waiting and trying to figure out how to tell you. I mean he didn't really want to tell you, but I guess he knew that you'd somehow put the pieces together at some point, even though he was hoping you wouldn't. You're good with that. You should consider changing your name to Sherlock Holmes."

Videl gave a one-shouldered shrug. "I wasn't able to find out who the Golden Fighter was, so I'm no Sherlock Holmes."

"But you were getting there. You put a lot of things together. Like, you were stressing my brother out because he couldn't figure out how to keep things a secret from you anymore."

She smirked a little. "Yeah." After he had lied to her, he deserved to be stressed for it at the very least. And the thought he'd lied to her wiped her smirk off her face. "So Gohan is the Delivery Boy, too, isn't he?" It wasn't a question. "He was in the Cell Games. He knows what happened."

"Yeah…"

Videl sighed, letting out a laugh. "I can't believe I've been such a fool."

"You're no fool." Chimaki finally looked to Videl, her teal eyes begging her. It was strange to Videl. She was used to the black eyes. "Don't be mad with my brother, Videl. He's just trying to protect you."

"Protect me?" Videl snorted. "From what?"

"The truth," Chimaki responded. "He's got no option but to come clean now. The question is, will you be able to handle the truth?"

Videl stayed quiet, turning to look at the battle. She could only see blurry things moving and lights, but she knew it was much more than that. She wasn't sure how a twelve-year-old could be so philosophical, but she didn't mind—she could get philosophical, too. "If I can stand here, watching this battle, without having a mental breakdown or crying or freaking out over the fact my friend is the Golden Fighter and that he's lied to me and that I'm finally putting the whole thing together and yet I have so many holes to my theory that I still need more answers—then, yeah, I can handle it."

Chimaki eyed her, before nodding. "You're tough," she said. "I like that."

They watched the battle in silence—or at least the Saiyans did. Videl was still trying to figure out what exactly was going on in the battlefield. After a while she gave up, and turned her gaze to Chimaki once again. "If you don't mind me asking, why are you here and not there?"

She shrugged. "Gohan wanted us to protect you in case the psychopath managed to beat 'em." She squealed as she watched what was happening. "But it seems that won't be the case! They're gonna win!"

Videl turned her head to see just in time as all the warriors combined their attacks and fused them into one beam of combined energy. She watched as the brute they were fighting was overwhelmed by the attack and when the lights were gone, the guy was gone, too. She was stunned at what she saw and turned to Chimaki for answers. "What happened?"

Chimaki grinned, going back to her normal form, much to Videl's surprise. "They killed him."

"They what?!"

"Which means we won!" Trunks declared loudly as he, too, dropped his transformation and went back to normal, Goten following suit.

"Yeah!" the youngest cheered.

As Videl tried to wrap her head around the idea that someone had been supposedly killed right in front of her eyes—and watched in disbelief as three children cheered on someone's death—Gohan flew to them, and landed right in front of her with his blond hair and teal eyes. He'd forgotten to drop out of his Super Saiyan 2 state. The fact that he was still bleeding—obviously injured due to the fight—and with a weird mixture of worry and happiness in his face, plus the ripped clothing he wore, was enough to freak Videl out. He kind of looked like a psychopath and not the Gohan she knew.

"Fuck, man!" she screamed, jumping away. She'd forgotten the presence of the kids. She was stunned and freaking out by his appearance. "You look like shit! And you're still golden…"

"Golden? Oh. Right." He dropped out of Super Saiyan 2 and grinned nervously. He knew she wanted an explanation and after what she'd witnessed, he knew she wanted answers. "Sorry about that. Are you okay?"

"Me? Oh, I don't know. I mean physically? Yeah, totally. Mentally? Uh, I don't know—because one of my best friends lied to me!" 'Best friend my ass! My own crush lied to me, dammit!'

'She's pissed. She has the right to be, though. I did lie to her. Gotta come clean—but how do I explain this?' "I'm sorry, Videl. I am! It's just really complicated, but…" He glanced at his little sister who nodded to encourage him. "I guess there is no point to lie to you anymore."

Her eyebrow raised in suspicion. "So you're gonna tell me the truth?"

"Yeah." He glanced back to where the others were standing, and noticed that Goten and Trunks had already flown to their direction. "Do you mind if we go were the others are, first, though?"

Videl glanced to where the others were and gave one shouldered shrug. "Uh, no, not really." 'As long as this isn't a try to escape our conversation.'

"Good luck," Chimaki told Videl. "They're crazy. We're all crazy." She laughed and flew to the others.

Videl turned to Gohan. "Define 'crazy'."

"Well… what you saw today? That's normal."

"Holy shit," Videl sputtered with her eyes wide. "Okay, so, um, I'm gonna be the only one who's not used to this? That's what you're saying? Well, damn, okay. You do have a lot to explain, mister. You're not getting away!"

"I know," he mumbled. "Let's go to the others now."

Videl gave a one-shouldered shrug once again, and Gohan decided to tests his luck and take that as a 'yes'. He didn't understand women—especially not Videl—so he was relieved when she'd took off right after him and flew with him to where the others were standing.

"There you are!" Goku grinned when seeing his eldest with Videl. "You okay, Videl?"

Videl looked stunned at the warriors' torn appearance, but she managed to smile. "Uh, yeah, thanks."

"Well, well, well," Yamcha rushed to where Gohan was standing, wrapping an arm around the teenager's shoulders with a shit-eating grin on his face. "There's some things you haven't told us, 'ey?" He motioned to Videl and raised his eyebrows.

"Yamcha!" Gohan yelled, going beet red. "It isn't like that!"

"Like hell it isn't!" Yamcha laughed, nudging his young friend in the ribs.

"It really is not!"

As Yamcha continued to tease Gohan, Videl began to look around to the others who were watching Yamcha and Gohan bickering in amusement. And to her shock, she realized all of this people were familiar. She remembered Krillin from the mall when they met him months ago, and as she watched him walk over to Gohan to tease him as well, she'd realized she also knew the other guy. Gohan had called him Yamcha, and Yamcha had been a student of the Turtle School. He'd trained with Goku and Krillin under Master Roshi. She could also recognize Eighteen and Seventeen from the mall. Eighteen was Krillin's wife and Seventeen was her brother.

She recognized Tien Shinhan—the Champion of the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament—and his friend, Chiaotzu. She'd seen some paparazzi pictures of them and some videos that were uploaded in the internet after she found out Gohan's father was Goku and that he knew them, and honestly, they looked pretty much just like they did back then. There was a green guy that she deduced that was Piccolo. She hadn't seen much pictures of him, but she'd seen drawings of the Great Demon King and his son definitely looked like him.

She looked at the mean looking guy standing with his arms crossed and what looked like a permanent scowl on his face. He did have a little smirk in his face, but that was the only amusement he was showing. Videl was sure she'd seen that expression from somewhere—that face, that hair—and then it came crashing down on her. The Cell Games. This guy had been in the Cell Games. He'd been there!

And as she looked at each of the faces of the people standing around her, the more she realized that she knew them from before. They'd all been there. In the Cell Games—the fought against Cell! She shouldn't have been surprised; she knew Gohan was the Golden Fighter, which meant he was the Delivery Boy, which meant he'd been at the Cell Games. It still came as a shock to her, though. She had never in her life expected to meet some of the members of the so-called Earth's Special Forces she'd been investigating for the last few weeks, but now they were all in front of her.

She looked to the last person—if it was even a person—that she hadn't looked to and she realized she knew that… that thing. She'd thought he was only a part of a terrible nightmare that a wizard had forced the world to have—but if that was the case, then there was no possible way on Earth that that monster was standing right there!

She let out a scream as she jumped back. She hadn't been paying attention to what the others were doing so she didn't notice when they'd turned around at her sudden scream. "Wh—What the hell is that thing doing here?!" she yelled. "Isn't that Majin Buu?!"

They all looked at her in confusion, but then realization filled their faces when they realized she didn't know that Majin Buu event had been all real and not a dream as Mister Satan got the world to believe. Gohan sighed—he should've expected it. He knew he couldn't keep stalling anymore. He had to tell her the truth, not matter how it would affect her.

No more lies.

"That is Majin Buu, but don't worry—he's on our side," he said smoothly. "Come on. We need to talk."

Videl turned to Gohan, trying to figure out if he was truly going to tell her everything, but even though she wasn't sure she nodded.

"Sorry, guys. Gotta talk some stuff up," he smiled sheepishly at his friends, then turned to Videl. "Let's go." She nodded again and he took off with her following him.

"They're going to talk, huh?" Yamcha grinned, trying to break the slight tension that the two teenagers left behind.

"Yeah," Goku nodded. "He can't hide stuff anymore after all this."

"So, he's just gonna tell her everything?" Krillin wondered.

"Probably," Piccolo replied. "Gohan hates to lie so I'm sure he's gonna tell her everything she doesn't know."

"About time," Chimaki rolled her eyes.


"I think this is a good place to talk," Gohan said as they landed to some meadow they'd found nearby.

"Sure, wherever," she nodded, giving one-shouldered shrug. "I just wanna have this conversation. I've put a lot of things together by now, but there are still details I don't know. I'd also like to know why you lied to me." She gave him a pointed look.

He sighed. "Videl, the story of my life is… complicated." 'And it affects you more than what you think.' "It'll take a long time to explain."

"I have all the time in the world. I'd rather be here than with my dad right now. I want the truth, Gohan. Don't lie anymore."

"Okay! Okay, uh… God, I don't even know where to start." He looked around, narrowing his eyes as he tried to think.

"What about the Cell Games?" Videl suggested. "I know you're the Delivery Boy. I know those guys back there are the Earth's Special Forces—well, some of them, at least. You could tell me what really happened. I remember you didn't want to tell me when I asked the Golden Fighter—well, when I asked you, really. You told me to ask my dad. Why's that?"

Gohan shook his head. "Um, I don't think that's the right place to start. I mean—hell, Vi, it's really a complicated story, You wouldn't understand the whole thing if I didn't tell you everything from the start."

Videl pursed her lips, but nodded. She'd been hoping to find out about the Cell Games quickly, but she didn't mind to clear other stuff up first if it was really necessary. "Okay, so, uh… where you wanna begin? Where does this whole thing start?"

"Millions of years ago, I think. I don't even know." He shrugged as he saw her eyes narrow. "I guess I should start on the whole heritage thing. Yeah, that should be it. So, um..." 'How do I begin to talk about this?' "You know those typical theories and programs about extraterrestrial life and all?"

"You mean those typical shows that talk about how gods were actually aliens and that there was life in Mars at some point millions of years ago?"

"Eh… I guess that works. Kinda. Yeah. So, uh… they're not exactly wrong."

Her eyebrows raised. "So gods are aliens and there was life in Mars?"

"I have no idea about Mars, but the other thing, uh, isn't exactly wrong. Kami is an alien."

"Please tell me you're joking," she said, her eyes wide.

"Nope," he shook his head.

"So aliens exist?"

"Yep," he nodded.

"Oh my Kami," she muttered. "Kami's an alien. Holy crap. Okay… how that is even possible, I don't know. Aliens exist. Okay, not weird at all. Now you're gonna tell me you know Kami personally…" His shy look gave him away. "Oh, come on! How the hell do you meet Kami?!"

"Long story," Gohan muttered, rubbing the back of his head. "I'll explain when we get there. The thing is, yeah, aliens are real, and no, they do not like ET! I mean at least not the ones I've known…"

"You know aliens…" she mumbled. "Okay, sure. Not bizarre."

"Yeah," he replied sheepishly. "There's a reason for that, though. So, uh, look, the Earth is this tiny planet on a huge universe with many other planets, and some of those have life. There are a lot of races that are in contact, like in a literal universal context. Universal for real. Anyway, there's this race, the Saiyans… and uh, my dad…" He forced a smile. "What would you say if I told you my dad was a Saiyan?"

"I said that's bullshit," Videl deadpanned. "But since I know you, I just know it's true."

"And you're not surprised I just told you my dad is an alien?" Gohan raised his eyebrows. 'I expected more of a reaction. Like, I don't know, denying and questioning or something…'

"To this point I don't think I can be surprised by anything," she said drily. 'So the former World Martial Arts Champion is an alien, and I've known him for a while now. Great. And if he's an alien, then that would mean…' Realization dawned in her face. 'Oh my God…' "You're an alien, too, aren't you?"

"Half," he admitted sheepishly. "My mom is human."

'Good to know not everyone in that crazy family is from another planet.' "So, your dad's an alien, and you, Goten, and Chimaki are half-aliens…" she said slowly. He nodded in confirmation. "And your family we met while we were at your house were all aliens too…" He nodded again and she pursed her lips. "You don't look alien."

He cocked his head to the side in confusion. "What do ya mean?"

"Aren't aliens—I dunno—green or something? Or have antenna like that green guy back there—" She cut herself off, realizing what she just said. Her thoughts on how aliens would look was practically describing Piccolo. "He's an alien, too, isn't he?"

"Um, yeah," he nodded. "He's Piccolo. The reincarnation of the Demon King Piccolo? His son, you could say? Yeah, that's him. He's from a race called Namekians, from Planet Namek. Used to be Dad's enemy—circumstances made them allies and before they knew it they were friends. He trained me when I was a kid, y'know? Was my mentor. I'm stronger than him now though. Anyway, remember Kami? Okay, Kami was the good half of King Piccolo, and if one dies, the other dies, too. He survived because Piccolo was born, and then they fused to become stronger. He's still basically Piccolo though."

"Uh…" Videl stared at Gohan dumbfounded. "I… didn't really understand much. Um… am I okay with just knowing he's an alien?"

"Yeah, yeah, that's good enough."

Videl nodded, then a thought popped into her head. "Wait. If this guy fused with Kami—I have no idea how that happened—then what the hell happened with, well, Kami? I mean, there's no God anymore?"

"No, no, no," Gohan shook his head. "There is a God. That's Dende. He's the new Kami. He's a Namekian, too. He's a good friend. Known him since I was a kid; I met him in Namek."

"Okay…"

"Yeah, I know. It's complicated. See, I told you!"

"Yeah, whatever," she rolled her eyes. "Anyway, what about the others? Are there any other aliens?"

"Um, well, Vegeta is a Saiyan—he's actually the Prince of Saiyans—and his son, Trunks, is half Saiyan. Also, remember that article on Capsule Corporation?" He continued when she nodded. "It was right. Bulma is married to an alien. That would be Vegeta." He watched as her jaw dropped. "And all the explosions, all the tech, that's because of us. Anyway, Tien—the guy with the third eye—is… I don't know what he is. He doesn't really know either. We just say he's a Triclops. Human, alien, we don't know." He shrugged. "Everyone else is human, though. Krillin, Yamcha, Chiaotzu…"

'Good to know the whole group isn't only alien people. At least humans kick ass too.' "So there's humans who know about all this, huh?" 'I guess this shows Earthlings and aliens can get along. In your face, Sci-Fi.'

"Yeah. And, uh, there's also the androids."

"Androids?"

"Seventeen and Eighteen."

'Seventeen and Eighteen. Those are the guys from the mall! Gohan had said they just had weird nicknames, but if they're actually androids…' "Then that's why you call them by numbers. Because they're androids?"

"They're cyborgs, basically. They were human once. They have names, too. Like real names. I told you their names, remember?" She nodded, so he continued. "Yeah, well, the thing is we got used to call them 17 and 18. Like, even they call themselves that. So we rarely use their real names."

"Well that makes sense…" 'At least about as much sense as this whole situation can make.' "Hey, that Saiyan vegetable guy and his son had tails, like you and the others. You said tails are heritage, or something like that. That you didn't really know. You know, don't you? You have tails because you're a Saiyan, right?"

He nodded. "Yeah, Saiyans got tails."

"Okay, so that explains the tail thing…. Kami and Piccolo are aliens… Androids…" She scrunched up her face as she continued to think of things she wanted to know. "The guy you were fighting? What was he?"

"Saiyan. A psychotic Saiyan with some weird obsession with killing my dad. His name was Broly."

She nodded. "You said you thought he was dead…"

"I thought for sure my dad finished him off years ago. I don't even know how he survived."

"Guess he was tough," she shrugged. "He was golden, too. Is that a Saiyan thing? Going golden?"

He nodded. "It's a transformation. It's called Super Saiyan. It was supposed to be a legend, but then my dad transformed and proved it right. It's not easy to do so, but we managed. There are also more levels. Like, you can go further. You can go Super Saiyan 2, even Super Saiyan 3 like my dad. It's not easy though."

"Yeah, I bet it isn't. A transformation, huh?" she muttered. 'That explains why it was so quick. No hair dye or anything.' She continued to think about questions she had. "And, uh… Majin Buu. That's it—Majin Buu. He was there. That was Majin Buu." She began to pace. "But, how could it be Majin Buu? Majin Buu was supposed to be part of a nightmare. This wizard created this nightmare to scare us all. That's what my dad said. Dad defeated this wizard. Unless…" She turned to look at Gohan, who was looking away guiltily. "Gohan, what happened?"

"What do you mean, 'what happened'?"

"I mean, what happened—what happened at the Cell Games, and what happened with Majin Buu. And I want the truth. You didn't want to tell me, you told me to ask my father. There's a reason for that. You know something I don't. Tell me."

He sighed. "That's not a good idea."

"Why not?"

"You won't like what you'll hear."

She laughed humorlessly. "I don't really care up to this point."

"Well… okay, but—" he paused when she glared at him. He didn't care about what anyone said—she could be damn scary when she wanted to be. "I'll have to explain something else first, or else it won't make any sense." He knew he was postponing telling her Hercule's role in all of this, but he did actually have something else to explain.

"Should I be worried?"

"Well… this will seem like a fantasy thing. It's true though, all of it. Promise."

"So we're going from Sci-Fi to fantasy? That's great," she remarked sarcastically. "Come on, don't leave me hanging. Spill it."

"Okay…" 'Now how the hell do I explain this?!' "Do you… uh, you remember Kami?"

Her eyebrows raised. "Kinda hard to forget him after finding out he's an alien, the good half of Demon King Piccolo, and that he fused with that Piccolo guy that's actually the Demon King's son or something."

"Yeah; yeah, I guess. Okay, you remember they're Namekians, right?"

"Yes…"

"Okay, Namekians, uh… Namekians can be warriors or… kinda mystic, I guess. Anyway, the thing is these mystic Namekians can create something called Dragon Balls."

"Dragon… Balls?" she repeated. She'd never heard of something like that. "Those aren't a dragon's—"

"No!" Gohan couldn't blame her for thinking that though. He'd been raised with the knowledge of the Dragon Balls so he never thought that, but he knew his father and most of his friends didn't think about the seven Dragon Balls when they heard their name. "No, they're not. They're seven balls with stars in them. Basically, you get all seven, and you can summon a dragon that will make your wish come true. Well, two, or three—it depends. See, the Namekian dragon grants three wishes, and the Earth's dragon granted only one until Dende gave him enough power to grant two—"

"Wishes?" Videl asked dumbly.

"Yeah, wishes. As in the genie in the magic lamp? You know, like in Aladdin?"

"I know what a wish is, Gohan," she snapped. "It's just weird that you gather seven balls and a dragon shows up and grants I don't know how many wishes. And there's more than one dragon?"

"Well, there's the original set of Dragon Balls—the Namekian Dragon Balls—that have a dragon named Porunga, and it grants three wishes. When Kami was the Guardian of the Earth, he made another set of Dragon Balls—the Earthling Dragon Balls—and the dragon is named Shenron. Shenron granted one wish until seven years ago when Dende, the new Guardian, gave him power to grant two."

"That… kind of makes sense. Okay. So why are you telling me this? Is this important to understand what happened with Majin Buu?"

"And with the Cell Games," he said quietly. "And with other stuff that doesn't really affect the world—well, maybe the King Piccolo conflict—but mostly not. At least not directly."

"Okay…" She raised an eyebrow. "So you're saying that I should basically worry about the Cell Games and Majin Buu?"

"Well, I can explain the other stuff—what happened before—but I don't think it'd matter to you…"

"I would rather know everything, really," she shrugged.

Gohan sighed and nodded. He explained what had happened with the Demon King Piccolo—how Goku had defeated him and how he used his last breath to give birth to Piccolo. He explained that Kami trained Goku to kill Piccolo in the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament but that instead Goku let him go. He then explained about when Raditz came to Earth, looking for Goku, to explain the rebellion they were planning against Frieza. He went on and explained who Frieza was and his involvement with the Saiyans, and how they trained, and how Goku was sent to train in the Other World even though he was alive, and that they had to go to Namek to prevent Frieza from getting the Dragon Balls. He explained how Goku went Super Saiyan for the first time and defeated him, and how they used the Dragon Balls to bring back everyone who had died along the way.

"Wow," she breathed. "Just… wow. That's—I don't know. Amazing!" She paused. She was still processing the fact that the Z-Fighters had gone to other planets to fight intergalactic tyrants and that some of them died and then were wished back. 'These guys practically laugh in death's face!' "And what happened next?"

"Trunks showed up; Gero, Androids," he paused. "Cell…"

That had her interest. "Cell?"

"Yeah," he nodded. He explained that Goku had defeated the Red Ribbon Army long ago, and how Doctor Gero still had that grudge against him. He explained that Trunks came from the future to warn them about the androids and Goku's disease.

"So now we've got time travel and other dimensions, huh," she commented, a little smile on her face. "We went back to Sci-Fi now."

Gohan laughed, and then he continued with his story. He explained that Gero created androids to attack them and that they trained three years to fight them. He explained how Gero turned himself into an android and that Number 19 and Sixteen showed up in this universe. He explained about Goku's heard virus and how Trunks' medicine helped him to get better. It was then he got to the part he didn't really want to explain, but he knew he had to. "And then we found this time machine, and we realized that there was another time traveler. It was another creation of Gero's, Cell…"

She blinked. "So, Cell was the creation of this mad scientist?"

"Yeah," he nodded. "He was created using all of our DNAs. See, Gero had a bug robot or something follow us and take our DNA so he could create Cell. So he was crazy strong. Then he went and absorbed millions to get stronger. It was on TV. Remember when towns were wiped out and only clothes were left?"

Videl sighed shakily and nodded. She couldn't ever forget something like that. Back then, she had quite some few nightmares with that. "I remember. So, that was all Cell?"

"That was all Cell," he confirmed. "But to… evolve, I guess, he needed to absorb Seventeen and Eighteen. We tried to stop him but he managed to absorb the androids anyway and he ended up reaching his 'perfect form'," he did air quotes with his hands when he said that. "Then he decided to hold this tournament to test his strength—that would be the Cell Games."

"I see…"

"By this point we were training hard to get Cell. I trained with my dad for a whole year in a room in which a year is a day in this dimension."

She stared at him. "What?"

"I know this sounds impossible, but there's this room, the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, in which a year in there is a day out here."

"Not weird at all," she commented, breaking the silence that followed his statement.

He shrugged. "You get used to this. Anyway, my dad trained me to become a Super Saiyan. Wanted me to reach the next level. He said I even did it at some point, even though it was for a second and the next I was out cold. Then we came out and found out about the Cell Games. My dad decided to relax until the tournament. Said that training more wasn't worth it and that we had to relax. It was around this time we found out your dad was gonna participate."

"Yeah, he announced it on TV," she remembered, frowning. "Dad always loves to make stuff big."

"I guess. Anyway, the day arrived, and we went to fight. Then we realized your dad was there. And he wanted to fight first so we let him. He wouldn't listen…"

"Dad never listens," she commented drily.

"Yeah, okay, so Cell bitch-slapped him into a mountain." He saw Videl wince. "What?"

"I don't know. It's just—that sound harsh," she explained.

"It was true though. And to be honest, the only reason he didn't die was because Cell thought he wasn't worth killing."

She gritted her teeth. Her father annoyed her sometimes, but it angered her that Cell didn't take him seriously. He was the World Champion! "Oh, really?"

"Yeah," he nodded, not noticing the harshness in her tone as his was very casual. "Anyway, after that, my dad fought him. You saw it on TV, probably."

"Yeah, I did. The whole world did. I can't believe that was Goku, though. He was awesome in that fight." She'd believed they were all tricks like her father had explained, but now that she knew about Ki, she knew just how good Goku did during that fight. He'd almost finished Cell once. "He didn't win, though."

"He would've if Cell hadn't stolen that Senzu Bean," Gohan muttered. He noticed Videl was staring at him in confusion. "The Senzu Beans are magic beans that heal any injury. Trunks—the one from the future—brought some with him. He threw one to my dad, but Cell went and caught it. He ate it, healing himself while leaving my dad weakened."

"What the hell?! Isn't that, like, cheating?" If there was anything Videl didn't like, it was cheating. She liked fair-play. "That sucks!"

"Cell didn't really have any honor." Which Gohan still had a hard time understanding because Cell had Saiyan DNA, and to Saiyans, honor was very important. "So he started to beat my dad around and I was getting angry. He noticed that and decided to make us join the fight. So, he went and created these Cell Juniors so that we could have a team-battle or something like 'at."

"I remember that," she nodded. "That fight was crazy. It was around this time the TV was cut off."

Gohan nodded once, jerkily. "Yeah…" He'd reached the part that she didn't know about, and he was afraid of how she could react when she found out the truth. "Well, that was on me. You see, we were fighting, I was frustrated, because I couldn't reach the power I got in the Room of Spirit and Time… so, I got distracted… and Cell attacked me... Dad took the blast for me."

"He protected you," Videl said quietly and he nodded.

"Yeah, and I… I snapped." Gohan could remember that moment vividly. "I went further—to the other level. I reached Super Saiyan 2. And it was amazing, Videl. The power I had… It made me feel invincible. It also made me get cocky…" He was still ashamed of it, even though everyone told him he was just a kid and that it was just natural to get cocky. "And when I got Cell to spit out Eighteen…" He saw Videl's disgusted face. "Yeah, I know, disgusting. But, he lost power then. He wasn't 'perfect' anymore, and he got desperate. He practically turned himself into a bomb—he was going to explode and take the Earth with him."

"No way…" Videl muttered in shock. Her father had never told her this!

"Yeah… and I didn't know what to do. I thought I failed everyone, y'know? Then my dad…" He paused and took a deep breath. Goku may have been brought back to life the very same day, but it still pained Gohan to think about his father's death. "My dad… went and… teleported himself and Cell somewhere else… He sacrificed himself."

Videl could see how hard it was for Gohan to talk about it, and she felt sorry for him. "At least Goku is here, living… You brought him back, didn't you?"

"Yeah," he nodded, looking away. "But that doesn't mean that my dad had to die. If I hadn't gotten so cocky, we wouldn't have had to wish him back again in the first place."

"People make mistakes, Gohan," Videl said. "And that was seven years ago. Don't blame yourself about it."

He sighed and nodded. "Anyway, turns out Cell survived. He came back and killed Trunks. Vegeta went berserk and tried to kill Cell, but Cell beat him. I ended up bustin' my arm to save Vegeta."

"Is this the part when my dad steps in and takes on Cell?" Videl asked. Her father hadn't really been mentioned after Cell had slapped him and she wanted to know what role he had on the whole thing. Hercule claimed to beat Cell, and she believed him.

"Uh…" He didn't know how to explain to her that her father never took on Cell. He didn't want to destroy her world by telling her that her father had lied to her all along. He didn't want to hurt her with that. "Well… no. No, in this part, Cell decided to destroy everything with this Kamehameha Wave. My dad contacted me from the Other World with King Kai. Remember King Kai?" She nodded. "Okay, well, he did that and told me to use all my power in one Kamehameha. So that's what I did, and with my father's coaching and my friend's help, my attack managed to overpower his and…" He looked at her, hesitating. But, he knew she would never forgive him if he lied to he came clean. "…killed him."

"Killed him?" Videl raised her eyebrows. "But… my dad didn't even fight… And he's the one who beat Cell!" she yelled. "My dad defeated him! Then how the hell did you kill him when my dad said he defeated him?!"

"That what happened at the Cell Games, Videl! You told me to tell you the truth, and I told you the truth. This is what happened!"

"It can't be what happened!" She knew it could be true, but she didn't want to accept it. Because if it what Gohan said was indeed true, then that would mean her dad—

"It is what happened, Videl! See, this is why I didn't want to tell you. I didn't want you to find out that—"

"That my dad lied?" It hurt to even say it. "That everything he told the world—to me—wasn't true?" She didn't want to believe that her father would be capable to lie to the whole world, but deep inside, she knew he was. "So the Majin Buu thing, he didn't beat him, did he? And it wasn't a dream either, was it?"

"Videl…"

"Just tell me, Gohan! Tell me what really happened!"

Gohan could see how her eyes were shining with tears she didn't want to shed, and he nodded. There was no going back now. He explained Majin Buu's origin, and how they were warned by Supreme Kai and Kibito. He explained how after they'd failed to beat Majin Buu, they'd gone to the Lookout to teach Goten and Trunks the Fusion technique, how Goku stalled Buu and Babidi when they were going to destroy West City, when Kibito and Supreme Kai showed up and took Goku and Gohan to their planet. He told her what happened with the Z-Sword, the Elder Kai, and the Potara Earrings. He told her how Buu showed up in the Lookout and killed everyone in the world except them.

"What?!" Videl screeched. "So I… We all… We died?! It wasn't a dream?!"

"Yeah," Gohan nodded. "It was all real. You've died, Videl. You've been dead. We've all been dead."

"You died, too?" she asked, narrowing her eyes, still processing the fact that she had died once.

"I did, later," he nodded. He explained that Buu ended up killing everyone in the Lookout but Dende, Vegeta, Chimaki, Goten, Trunks and Piccolo. He then continued with how the warriors that were left fought Buu, He explained that Buu absorbed Gotenks, Piccolo, Chimaki, and himself and that Goku and Vegeta fused with the Potara Earrings and created Vegito. "And while Vegito fought Buu; Dende and Nimbus found your dad and your puppy walking around."

"So my dad didn't die?"

"No," he laughed a little. "And the reason why is kind of amazing."

She crossed her arms, her eyes still narrowed. "Humor me."

"He befriended Buu," he explained.

"What?!" Videl couldn't believe her father would be friends with the thing that was terrorizing the whole world! 'But, then again, I can't believe he lied to everyone either…'

"I don't know the whole story, but from what Buu says, he's the one who taught Buu how to be a good person," he said. "Even when Buu was evil, he spared your dad. He didn't want to kill him. Anyway, your dad tried to fight him anyway, and even then Buu didn't kill him. Vegito ended up knocking your dad out so that he didn't kill himself, and he told Dende to keep an eye on him. So they ended up going around with him and with Bee."

"So you already knew about Bee," she said drily. "When we went to the wedding and you picked me up…"

"Yeah," he nodded. "Bee's a really good dog. And he adores your dad. Even then you could tell the puppy was worried for him. Dende said he went berserk when Vegito knocked him out. And he actually seemed worried for him after the whole Buu fiasco was over."

"Bee is a loyal dog," she said. 'I wonder just how much I could've found out if Bee could actually talk. I would've known what happened truly. Bee saw everything.'

"Yeah, anyway. Vegito tricked Buu into 'absorbing' him to save all of us. Dad and Vegeta somehow defused inside of Buu—which I'm really glad about because it they'd continued being one things would've been awkward and complicated as hell." He made a face, imagining all the drama that would take place if instead of Goku and Vegeta as two different individuals it was Vegito who showed up. Goku and Vegeta had families, lives, and Vegito wouldn't have been able to keep them both as they were. "They found Buu—the good one, the one you saw with the others—in there, too, so they saved him as well."

"So the Buu that killed everyone isn't the same Buu I met?"

"No," he replied. "I'm not sure how, though, but he isn't. Anyway, I'm not sure what happened 'cause I was unconscious at the time, but I was told that the evil Buu destroyed the Earth. Dad, Vegeta, Dende, your dad, and Bee were saved, but they couldn't save us. That's when I died, and my siblings, Trunks, and Piccolo died with me, too."

"I see… So, my dad still survived?"

"Yeah, and Bee, too. I'm glad Bee survived. Anyways, I was dead, so I'm not sure what happened, but all I know was that Dad and Vegeta fought Buu, and the good Buu helped them. During the battle, Dende used the Dragon Balls to bring back the Earth and revive us all. They couldn't think of a third wish, though. They couldn't wish for Buu to be defeated. So they decided to make a Spirit Bomb." He'd explained what a Spirit Bomb was when he explained the whole Frieza incident. "And, uh, we needed energy for it, so we asked the Earthlings to help us. Old friends did, but the rest of the world…"

"We didn't give anything," she said quietly, remembering how she'd ignored the voice in her head telling her—no, begging her to raise her hands up.

"I've never been so frustrated with the Earthling so much in my whole life. No matter how much we asked—begged—they ignored us. They believed we were crazy. No-one listened to us." He had never been so disappointed in the Earthlings in his life, not even when they just accepted Mr. Satan's stories and believed in them. "So we decided not to keep wasting time and instead, we asked the Saiyans and the Namekians. The moment we asked, they gave us their energy so that we could win. There are way more Earthlings compared to the Saiyans or the Namekians, but even then, their energy was enough. Well… almost. Dende had to wish for my dad's strength to be restored to win. The thing is, we won."

"And my dad still lied about this," she muttered.

"Your dad was knocked out during most of it so he probably explained what he had understood that had happened."

"It doesn't change the fact that he lied, Gohan!" she yelled. She knew she'd forgive her father, eventually, but for now, she was the angriest she had ever been with him. And she was also angry at the fact Gohan and his friends just kept quiet on the whole thing. "Why did you lie, too? You knew my dad was lying. Why didn't you call out on his bullshit?!"

"Honestly?" he shrugged. "Lots of reasons. Mainly that we didn't want to deal with the press. We rather be low-key, and your dad let us do just that while he went and got all the credit."

"It doesn't change the fact that you let the whole world be lied to!" she growled. "And it doesn't change the fact that you lied to me!"

"I didn't want to hurt you with the truth, Videl!"

"You hurt me hiding something you should've told me from the very beginning!" Perhaps she was acting this way because she was angry with her father's lies, but she really was hurt that Gohan didn't trust her enough to tell her the truth. "I can understand why you hid some things from me, and I know I made your life hell to get you to tell me, but I thought we'd reached a point in which we trusted each other. I went and told you about my problems with my dad, and you? You just stay quiet and hide things from me, things you know you should've told me!"

"What did you want me to say?! Hey, Videl, guess what? Your dad is a fraud! Your dad has lied to everyone—he's not as strong as he says he is! He's pretty weak, actually. Even you're stronger than him! I couldn't just do that!"

Videl's breath got caught in her throat when Gohan claimed she was stronger than her father. That was something she had wanted to reach her entire life. That was her dream. And the fact she'd achieved it already, the fact that her father wasn't as strong as she thought he was, just didn't make it as fulfilling as she thought it'd be. It ruined it for her. So, she just got even angrier. It was the best way for her to deal with so many emotions she was experiencing. Being angry.

"You could've perfectly done that! You just didn't because you thought I wasn't strong enough to take it! That's what you thought, didn't you, Gohan? Well, let me tell you—I am stronger that what you think! I'm not the world. You don't need to shield me or protect me from the truth. I can handle it!"

"Videl—"

"No, Gohan!" Her voice was icy. "I don't want to talk to you right now." And as soon as she said that, she took off, flying away.

"Videl!" Gohan knew he could take off and catch up to her quickly enough, but he also knew that she needed time to cool off. Still, he was angry at how the whole conversation ended. It shouldn't have been like this! He could understand why she was mad, but she had to understand why he didn't say anything though. He didn't think she was weak. He just didn't want to destroy her world. Was that so bad? With one punch he destroyed a rock nearby in frustration. "God damn it!"


Ooh, Videl isn't happy! I can't really blame her though. She just found out her father lied to her, and to everyone, and that he's not as strong as he says. That's, like, your whole world crushing down right there. There's also the fact that she found out everything Gohan didn't tell her, and she's upset that he didn't trust her enough to come clean. She's angry, so she can't help herself from being angry at the world. She took it better than I would've, though. She took it really well in Canon, meanwhile I would probably be having like a mental breakdown or something. XD Still, though, I hope she or Gohan aren't OOC.

Oh, also, I wanna remind you that in this AU, the Majin Buu incident happened before this story! Just in case you get confused by reading this chapter.

Can I take a moment right now? I mean, so many reviews! So many! I just… wow. It's gonna take a while to reply to all of them, but here we go! XD

Ern Estine 13624: Thank you!

EpicSkys: Thanks! I try to make this as original as possible. I'm glad I managed to!

anonymous: Broly is, like, the definition of OP. XD Yeah, Gohan did have a lot of explaining to do, didn't he? Haha. As for the tournament, you'll find out later… ;)

dcp1992: Hercule and Videl are father and daughter—they're bound to have arguments. XD The idea of Videl finding out the truth while watching the Z-Fighters fight Broly was the original plan from the start. I didn't think it'd take so long to get to this point but we're finally here! I hope you liked the conversation with Videl and Gohan. Also, don't worry, we all press Enter accidentally at some point. It's typical. XD

TheDebonairAngel: It's kind of hard to picture Broly as a good guy for me. Not impossible, just hard. XD As for the battle scene, you have Gotrix to give props for. He was the one who wrote it. :)

Lightningblade49: I miss teamwork in Dragon Ball. Now it's practically one person fighting while the others watch. It's like, "Use teamwork, dammit!" XD

KakarotSSj3: I'm so glad you're enjoying my story! :)

TheSupevict: Gotrix was happy with your review. xD Also, yeah, funny ending, but they're the Z-Fighters! :P

Shigure Toshiro: Detail of my story. As I said before, Majin Buu happened before this story started.

pir84lyf: Teamwork! XD

IxiaLiliana: Ixi! Yeah, I killed Broly. MUAHAHA XD Glad you're enjoying it! And of course I had to put Videl's POV on the whole battle, haha. :P

ssjShialabeouf: I'm glad you're enjoying this story, hahaha. XD You'll hafta read to find out. ;)

aira240302: Hola! Qué bueno que te guste mi historia. :) Erasa y Sharpner… tengo planes, eso es lo único que diré, jajaja. No he avanzado en Super para ser honesta, jajaja. No, no odio a los mexicanos, no te preocupes! :) Y por qué no escribo en español… bueno, no sé. Se me hace más fácil en inglés, ajaja. Tampoco tengo mucho vocabulario en español que digamos. xD

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Rezzu-MJ: Heeeeeeey! :D La verdad, no he continuado viendo Super. Pero vi una foto de Gohan vestido de Gran Saiyamán, lo cual es triste. TIENES VEINTIALGO, GOHAN, ¡¿CÓMO SIGUES CON ESO DE SER UN SUPERHÉROE?! Pero bueno, es Gohan. O como tú lo llamas, Arroz. XD I have no idea how Broly survived, but he did, haha. XD Well, Videl's mad, so great job, Gohan! Or, Rice! XD

loveangel23: I will!

Guest: Broly's OP, man. I don't know if he's that easy to beat.

Shimmer712: Yep.

Aznalpha: Or have Videl get mad at Gohan 'cause she's upset and angry with the world right now? XD

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I don't know when the next chapter will be up. I'm gonna be busy this month, but I'll still try to write and I'll try not to take so long again. Can't promise anything, though. 'Cause, you know, life. XD

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