It's been a looooong time since I updated I know. To make things short: I found a job, I saved money, I changed countries, I started to study (again). So, now that I have a little more of a free time... I'll finish the story! YAY!
No more chat, let's go to the chapter!
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Chapter 21
"Gohan." Videl smiled to herself as she lightly shook his body, to wake him up. It was already night, and if she didn't get out of her room soon, her father would surely come to see if something was wrong. "Gohan." She tried to talk a little louder, and he mumbled something that she didn't understand. Sighing she got up from the bed, noticing their clothes on the floor, scattered; there's no need to say that she blushed, the memories of their intimate moment coming right away. She put her hands on her cheeks, feeling the heat of them, and tried to hide her shyness. It didn't work, and she get out of the bed – and just that movement made Gohan wake up.
"What happened?!" He sat on the bed as fast as her weight lifted from it, his voice in a visible shock. Dark brown eyes wondered around the room, trying to find a threat until his eyes landed at the naked girl near the bed, who was holding her lingerie with a surprised face.
Gohan then lowered his eyes and sighed; what he did just demonstrated that he wasn't as well as he thought he was.
Videl looked at him unsure of how to react but decided to put her lingerie on before walking to him – as it was already on her hands anyway. By now he was with both hands on his head, calming himself down; looking up at her when he felt her hands on his own.
"It's ok, nothing happened." She smiled. "See, everything's fine. I'm fine." He closed his eyes and took a deep breath; Videl was right, she was fine. "I'm about to have a bath though… do you… wanna come?" She asked shyly, but in truth all the girl wanted was to cheer him up, change his mind of whatever he thought happened. "Besides, I think you should cut your hair. Doesn't it get on the way while you fight?" She said getting up once more.
"Do you want to cut it for me?" Gohan smiled, following her to the bathroom. She smiled at his proposal.
"Sure, why not? But you can't blame me if I ruin it for good." She heard him laugh right beside her and Videl laughed too.
But she wasn't telling a lie here. When she was young, she decided that her age was already too great for someone to cut her hair for her and decided to do a new hairstyle by herself. Her mother just let the kid Videl try it out, and that turned out into a side-cut poorly made, with a few bald spaces on her hair.
That aside, they took a rather fast bath – she had to stop the boy with her from 'trying' to touch her in places he explored earlier though, and it wasn't an easy feat and she failed a few times.
After the bath, she had to go out of her bedroom for a while; just to show everyone that she was alive and good, but hungry. So hungry that she brought ten plates of food after finishing her own back at the kitchen. At the sight of food, Gohan's eyes lightened up and he dug himself on all food, kissing Videl between his bites, telling her how much he liked her while she giggled.
And then, finally was the time to cut off his hair. The girl put a chair on the bathroom, grabbed a pair of scissors and stared at her target. Gohan was looking at her while holding back his laugh at the grimace she was doing. Eyebrows connected, tip of the tongue slightly out on the right corner of her mouth. After a few minutes she nodded, mostly to herself, and started to work; and it took a while due the size of his hair. Eventually it was time to cut his front bangs, and she leaned over him at the front. As her T-shirt was big for her, the act made her breasts, and her bra, to be seen by the demi-saiyan in front of her. He smiled, but she didn't see it.
"Don't move, or I can really ruin this." Videl said in all her concentration. Her answer came after she cut the last bang. "Done." She looked down.
"I'd never move. The sight was quite nice." He said before looking up at her eyes, that were now staring down at him – and her cheeks as red as a tomato. "The upper view is quite good too." He smirked, and she blushed even more. He was sincere though, he just loved how pretty she was.
"Shut up!" She said while smacking him on the head and walking out of the bathroom.
She did like what he said though.
Dende looked around the now empty lookout; it has been only three days since the aliens were sent to Namek, but it was enough for him to feel… alone. It wasn't like he wasn't used to this sense of loneliness; it was the fact of being surrounded by people and suddenly being left behind that bothered him. With a sigh he turned to the world bellow once more, focusing on Gohan this time; he needed to tell the boy to come back already, as it was dangerous for him to stay out in the open.
"FOR ENMA'S SAKE!" Was what the young kami yelled after focusing on his friend's energy signature, he wasn't prepared for what he saw, or moreover sensed.
Gohan was together with Videl and well… things had grown… awkward enough for the Kami. His yelling however caught the attention of the three other beings in the place, and each of them came running.
"What happened?!" Piccolo was the first to arrive, ready to fight whatever or whomever he needed to; but he frowned confused at the sight of Dende putting his hands in front of his eyes, his staff forgotten on the ground.
Vegeta was the second one to arrive, but opposite of Piccolo he took a good look at the kami and said nothing, he didn't even take a fighting pose as he noticed it was something else. Not that he knew that it was related to Gohan, but at least the prince could say it wasn't a threat. Mr. Popo went closer to the young kami, comforting him as if he knew exactly what the boy had seen – did he know?
"I'm ok… it was just… something unexpected." Dende said while crouching down to get his staff. He then chuckled at the sight he just had; Gohan could do some reckless actions sometimes too huh?
"Riiiiight…" Piccolo said with suspicion, while narrowing his eyes even more – if that's possible.
Erasa Sighed while resting her back on the chair she was sitting at, while Sharpener ruffed at her with his arms crossed. They were still at the school, the students walking around with admirable stamina – which he didn't know where they got – while trying to do everything that Erasa told them to. He looked at the blonde with the corner of his eyes and then back to the students. By now he was impressed with his friend, with what she accomplished in such little time. Create a resistance that fast? It wasn't an easy task, that's for sure; and not for anyone either. His friend was amazing, and not only someone who'd gossip and buy clothes all day long. She was smart, and protective over her friends, even if one of them didn't need help from a human.
And then his mind wandered around Gohan once more. Who could guess that the nerd of the group was a person way stronger than they thought? He didn't even boast about how he was master of martial arts, how he could fight with so fucking awesome movements and speeds and… fly around on the sky. At that the boy couldn't help the smirk on his pretty face.
That he could do too. Fly. Without a jet. Fly!
"What are you smirking for, Sharp?" Erasa asked with raised eyebrows, and a glint on her eyes; by now she was used to this face of his that only appeared when he was thinking about how now he could do things that normal people couldn't…
"You know, I just want to fly for a bit. I got used to travel, you know." He said laughing, it was kind of true after all they travelled around in search of Gohan for a long time.
The girl shrugged, she couldn't blame him for wanting that, as it seemed fun and had the sensation of freedom. Smiling Erasa turned her attention back to the task at hand, she had a job to do after all; Sharpener could dream all he wanted if that meant not disturbing her work. Yes, she was that kind of person: while working, do not annoy. Her friends knew that side of hers very well, and never got in her way.
That was the very same reason as to why Videl sent to Sharpener a message, asking him to get the room free from other students aside from the blonde duo. At first, he frowned at the text trying to understand why she'd ask something like that, but something clicked inside his head, making him jump from his seat and send everyone out; what made his other friend angry, and she would kick his sorry ass if it wasn't for two people appearing right in the middle of them.
As Videl and Gohan appeared, they had to be quick enough to avoid a fast punch from the blonde female, that almost faced the ground as they stepped aside with the failed tempt to make them receive her punishment. The couple sweat dropped at the sight, and a brief laugh could be heard right after, the sound coming from the whole small group of friends.
"Would it hurt to, I don't know, let us know that you would just teleport in front of us?!" Erasa yelled while rising from the ground, an angry face that really didn't match the joy of her voice. Gohan chuckled in response.
"Well, we did sent Sharpener a message." He looked playfully to the blonde male, who just shrugged.
"You know how you are when you're working, Erasa. They didn't want to disturb you and… I think it was better the way things are now. Besides, how would we explain to the whole bunch of students that Gohan is… the pillar of the Golden Wall himself?"
And at that Gohan tilted his head to the side, confusion all around his scar features.
"Golden what?"
"The Golden Wall! It's a resistance that we founded today." Erasa said proudly of herself. "But don't need to worry! We didn't say your name, just that we know you." As that didn't help his confusion she sighed. "You see, when we came back to school things weren't… like they used to be. There are too many empty seats in every class, well, the still existent ones that is. But the students that stayed see the truth! About how Wickey is a crazy bastard! So, we decided to build a resistance to help you, and personally knowing you helped a lot. They'd love to talk to you too, by the way."
Gohan blinked as he listened to his friends. He left for three days and they managed to build a Resistance?
"You guys are incredible. I mean it." He said while chuckling. "Well, we should call them in, right? I want to know what they think about all of this."
"Wait a minute, don't you think they will recognize you if you're not transformed?" Videl asked while looking him straight in the eyes, what made his smile get wider.
"If you guys didn't notice it was me, they sure won't." Gohan answered and that made Videl sweat drop. It is still beyond her better judgment as to why they couldn't recognize him – maybe the scars changed his features more than they would like to admit.
"By the way, shouldn't Kuririn be the one telling us that you were back?" Sharpener asked while carrying a few chairs around. Gohan chuckled.
"Well, once I was out, I called him and said that I needed fresh air from being locked up with Vegeta for a year, so he was pretty understandable." The four of them laughed at that – it sure was something that they knew wasn't that easy to deal with.
At that, the four friends continued to clear up the classroom, so that the students could enter and see Gohan. It was quite fast, and they managed to put 4 chairs in line, side by side, where they would sit down and a row of ten to twenty chairs in front of them. The school was kind of deserted due the circumstances and there weren't as many students at the grounds giving the time – it was almost dinner time after all. With that all done, Gohan, Videl and Sharpener sat down on the chairs, while Erasa went to call the students.
Wickey smiled as he looked at the data on the screen. The scientists only needed a little bit of an incentive, and a few examples to not defy him. Of course, that made him lost some of them on the process, but it made his point very clearly, and now they were working faster and better than before. They had finally found a chemical that blended Gohan's blood with the special oil used into the Keepers, and it looked powerfull. His eyes shined, literally, as he grabbed the main scientist by her arm, dragging her outside the room, walked into the hallway, taking turns and keep walking as if they would never reach their final destiny, until he stopped in front of a huge red metal door.
"I expect you to remember the way down here, and I expect results today." Wickey said while bringing her close to his face, his sunglasses gone after the scape of the aliens made his red eyes terrifying and the poor scientist nodded weekly. Opening the door both stepped inside the room.
It was dark at first, with the only light being from a television at one side, but as the door closed the place got its light back. This was the man's private lab; she could say that much due the projects for the Keepers that were lying around. There was also a huge tank that was covered with a white fabric in a corner, and at the sides of it lied tons of robot pieces. For her surprise, he dragged her around that specific place, and removed the fabric from it. She got speechless at what she saw.
This robot was huge. At least 2,15 meters tall (7' 1"), and it was so robust, so much more than the current keepers that she for once, since she started working there to do a "better world", felt fear.
Fear for the humanity.
Fear for the aliens.
"You will enchant this baby here with that power, for a start that is." The android was smiling at her, and all she could do was nod. After all, her life was at stake now.
And as soon as she agreed to that, the television picked up a live broadcast signal from a very well-known channel.
"Breaking news! Just today a resistance towards the effective control of aliens was formed, and it's called Golden Wall. It is impressive that just in one day their followers are greater than anyone would previously think of! It has already more than a million people around the world, including the King! How will things change from here on? How - " The announcer was suddenly stopped with someone bringing a piece of paper. "Is this… is this serious?!" The person seemed to nod and after putting down the note, the man started to talk with a straighter face. "We just received a call made by the Golden Fighter himself, made with the aid of the Golden Wall, asking for us to let them use our signal for their message. As we are a journalistic television, our CEO decided to aid them. We will now play it for the world." And as soon as he said that, the screen changed.
In the center it was possible to see Gohan, in a casual attire, in a school. "Hello, this is the Golden Fighter. It's been a while since I've shown my face around. First of all, I want to apologize for… Well, there's no way to use sweet words over this." He then scratched the back of his head, eyes looking down. "Last time the world saw me I was covered in blood, people's blood. It happens that my alien heritage has a transformation once we look at the full moon, and unfortunately… I don't have control over it. I'm not here to take away my guilty of it, it's been hard to keep with that, but what I came to tell you all today is about the very man the world is been believing in." As Gohan's face got serious, Wickey got his radio and talked in a mad tone.
"Find that signal, now!" He then turned to the scientist, who was still stunned on her place. "Get to work, now." She nodded and went out of the lab so she could get the formula he wanted.
"This man is Wickey, and he's not by the side of the humanity. His claims are only a way to get what he really wants: revenge. This man is no man at all. He's an android, made by no one else than Dr. Gero from the RedRibbon Army. He has been torturing aliens, getting their blood sucked out of their bodies, doing experiments on them, just so he can make his robots more and more powerful, so he can kill… my family and friends, and then, conquer the world." Gohan swallowed at this part. "I was captured by him. He sucked my blood out of me, let me to die in a cell. Luckily, I have friends that helped me scape from that place. But you all can change this. He is still not in control. The real evil that lives on Earth, aren't the outsiders, but the inside ones. Remember that RedRibbon was created by humans, not aliens, but it was one alien that ended their activities." And with a deep breath, he looked at the camera with a fierce look, Wickey at this understood that the next phrase was meant for him.
"We will not bow down. The Golden Wall has raised."
"Sir, the signal comes from Orange Star Highschool." Wickey tossed his radio at the wall in front of him, breaking it down.
"If it's war that you want kid, you will get one."
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That's it! Let's hope I can write again soon, please let a review and see you on the next chapter!
